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USS BURKE
(APD-65)Click Here
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APD-65 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APD-65 Shellback Initiation | Add a APD-65 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JAN | 1943 | Keel Date: 1 JAN 1943 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
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| APR | 1943 | Launch Date: 3 APR 1943 | |||
| JUL | 1943 | Commissioned: 20 JUL 1943 | |||
| JUN | 1949 | Decommissioned: 22 JUN 1949 | |||
APD-65 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: John E. Burke
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 to Colombia 12 August 1968

































