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USS LIDDLE
(APD-60)Galloping Ghost of the East Coast
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APD-60 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APD-60 Shellback Initiation | Add a APD-60 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JUN | 1943 | Keel Date: 8 JUN 1943 at Charleston Navy Yard N. Charleston SC |
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| AUG | 1943 | Launch Date: 9 AUG 1943 | |||
| DEC | 1943 | Commissioned: 6 DEC 1943 | |||
| JUN | 1946 | Decommissioned: 18 JUN 1946 | |||
| JAN | 1961 | - | JAN | 1963 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| JAN | 1961 | - | AUG | 1961 | Caribbean |
| OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1966 | Guantanamo Bay |
APD-60 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: William P. Liddle
Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Flank Speed: 23 knots
Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 25 June 1967

































