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USS BURKE

(APD-65)

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APD-65 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN 1943 Keel Date: 1 JAN 1943
at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
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