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USS ARTHUR L. BRISTOL
(APD-97)Click Here
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APD-97 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APD-97 Shellback Initiation | Add a APD-97 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| DEC | 1943 | Keel Date: 1 DEC 1943 at Charleston Navy Yard Charleston SC |
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| FEB | 1944 | Launch Date: 19 FEB 1944 | |||
| JUN | 1945 | Commissioned: 25 JUN 1945 | |||
| APR | 1946 | Decommissioned: 29 APR 1946 | |||
APD-97 General Specifications
Class: Crosley-class high speed transport
Named for: Vice Admiral Arthur L. Bristol (1886-1942)
Complement: 204 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 2130 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Flank Speed: 23 knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping summer 1965; transferred to scrapping company 4 August 1965

































