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USS TRUXTUN

(APD-98)

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APD-98 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC 1943 Keel Date: 13 DEC 1943
at Charleston Navy Yard Charleston SC
MAR 1944 Launch Date: 9 MAR 1944
JUL 1945 Commissioned: 9 JUL 1945
MAR 1946 Decommissioned: 15 MAR 1946

APD-98 General Specifications

Class: Crosley-class high speed transport

Named for: Thomas Truxtun

Complement: 204 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2130 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Final Disposition: Sold to Republic of China 22 November 1965