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USS BUNCH
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APD-79 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| FEB | 1943 | Keel Date: 23 FEB 1943 at Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City MI |
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| MAY | 1943 | Launch Date: 29 MAY 1943 | |||
| AUG | 1943 | Commissioned: 21 AUG 1943 | |||
| MAY | 1946 | Decommissioned: 31 MAY 1946 | |||
APD-79 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: Kenneth Cecil Bunch
Complement: 186 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Flank Speed: 24 knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 11 May 1965
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