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USS BOWERS
(APD-40)FIGHTING 40
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APD-40 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APD-40 Shellback Initiation | Add a APD-40 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAY | 1943 | Keel Date: 28 MAY 1943 at Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard MD |
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| OCT | 1943 | Launch Date: 31 OCT 1943 | |||
| JAN | 1944 | Commissioned: 27 JAN 1944 | |||
| FEB | 1951 | - | FEB | 1951 | Re-Commisioned |
| DEC | 1958 | Decommissioned: 18 DEC 1958 | |||
APD-40 General Specifications
Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Draft: 9.5 feet
Flank Speed: 23 knots
Final Disposition: Sent to the Philippines on 21 April 1961 renamed Rajah Soliman (D-66)Scrapped in 1966
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