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U.S.S. SANDOVAL
(APA-194)SHIP TO SHORE WITH APA-194
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APA-194 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APA-194 Shellback Initiation | Add a APA-194 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 16 MAY 1944 | ||
| SEP | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 2 SEP 1944 | ||
| OCT | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 7 OCT 1944 | ||
| OCT | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 OCT 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1945 | - | MAR | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| JAN | 1945 | - | FEB | 1945 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1945 | - | DEC | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| JUL | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 19 JUL 1946 | ||
| SEP | 1951 | - | JUN | 1955 | Recommisioning |
| APR | 1960 | - | MAY | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1961 | - | NOV | 1961 | Recommisioned |
| JAN | 1962 | - | JUN | 1962 | Guantanamo Bay |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| JAN | 1963 | - | JAN | 1964 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1963 | - | JAN | 1964 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1963 | - | JAN | 1964 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JAN | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1967 | - | SEP | 1967 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1967 | - | SEP | 1967 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| MAR | 1969 | - | SEP | 1969 | Mediterranean |
APA-194 General Specifications
Complement: 56 Officers and 480 Enlisted
Displacement: 14833 tons
Length: 455 feet 0 inches
Beam: 62 feet 0 inches
Draft: 28 feet 1 in
Flank Speed: 17knots