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U.S.S. BLESSMAN

(APD-48)

THE SHIP THE JAPANESE
COULD NOT SINK

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APD-48 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1943-Keel Date: 22 MAR 1943
at Bethlehem Steel Quincy MA
JUN1943-Launch Date: 19 JUN 1943
SEP1943-Commissioned: 19 SEP 1943
JAN1947-Decommissioned: 15 JAN 1947

APD-48 General Specifications

Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort

Named for: Edward Martin Blessman

Displacement: 1400 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Draft: 9 feet 6 in

Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition: Transferred to Taiwan 3 July 1967