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U.S.S. BRISCOE

(APA-65)


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APA-65 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1944-Keel Date: 29 MAR 1944
at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX
JUN1944-Launch Date: 19 JUN 1944
OCT1944-Commissioned: 29 OCT 1944
NOV1944-DEC1945Middle Pacific
JUN1945-Shellback Initiation - 13 JUN 1945 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1945-OCT1945TASK GROUP 78.1 Landing/US Marines III CORPS @ Tientsin China
AUG1946-Decommissioned: 29 AUG 1946

APA-65 General Specifications

Class: Gilliam-class attack transport

Named for: A county in Texas

Displacement: 4247 tons

Length: 426 feet

Beam: 58 feet

Draft: 16 feet

Final Disposition: Sunk by USS Duluth (CL-87) off Kwajalein 6 May 1948 after use as a target in Operation Crossroads