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USS MERCER
(APB-39)Click Here
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APB-39 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APB-39 Shellback Initiation | Add a APB-39 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| AUG | 1944 | Keel Date: 24 AUG 1944 at Boston Navy Yard MA |
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| NOV | 1944 | Launch Date: 17 NOV 1944 | |||
| SEP | 1945 | Commissioned: 19 SEP 1945 | |||
| JUN | 1947 | Decommissioned: 18 JUN 1947 | |||
| MAR | 1953 | - | SEP | 1953 | North Atlantic |
| MAR | 1954 | - | SEP | 1954 | North Atlantic |
| OCT | 1954 | - | JAN | 1955 | Dry Dock |
| MAR | 1955 | - | SEP | 1955 | North Atlantic |
| NOV | 1955 | - | MAR | 1956 | Decommisioning |
| APR | 1968 | - | JUL | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1968 | - | NOV | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
APB-39 General Specifications
Class: Benewah-class barracks ship
Named for: Mercer County
Complement: 141 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 4080 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Flank Speed: 10 knots

































