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USS RUCHAMKIN

(APD-89)

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APD-89 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
FEB 1944 Keel Date: 14 FEB 1944
at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
JUN 1944 Launch Date: 15 JUN 1944
SEP 1945 Commissioned: 16 SEP 1945
FEB 1946 Decommissioned: 27 FEB 1946
SEP 1961 - OCT 1961 Cuban Missle Blockade
APR 1965 - MAY 1965 Dominican Crisis

APD-89 General Specifications

Class: Crosley-class high speed transport

Named for: Seymour D. Ruchamkin

Displacement: 2130 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Draft: 12 feet 7 in

Final Disposition: Transferred to Colombia 24 November 1969