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USS RUCHAMKIN
(APD-89)Can Do
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APD-89 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APD-89 Shellback Initiation | Add a APD-89 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| FEB | 1944 | Keel Date: 14 FEB 1944 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
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| 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

































