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USS BRACKEN

(APA-64)

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APA-64 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR 1944 Keel Date: 13 MAR 1944
at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX
JUN 1944 Launch Date: 10 JUN 1944
OCT 1944 Commissioned: 4 OCT 1944
AUG 1946 Decommissioned: 29 AUG 1946

APA-64 General Specifications

Class: Gilliam-class attack transport

Named for: A county in northeastern Kentucky

Displacement: 4247 tons

Length: 426 feet

Beam: 58 feet

Draft: 16 feet

Final Disposition: Scuttled off Kwajalein 10 March 1948 after use as a target in Operation Crossroads