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U.S.S. CALVERT

(APA-32)

THE SHIP AND MEN OF DISTINCTION

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APA-32 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAY1942-Launch Date: 22 MAY 1942
OCT1942-Commissioned: 1 OCT 1942
OCT1942-NOV1942Mediterranean-West Africa
OCT1942-NOV1942Mediterranean-West Africa
JUN1943-JUL1943Mediterranean
SEP1943-NOV1943Middle Pacific
NOV1943-Shellback Initiation - 15 NOV 1943 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1943-Shellback Initiation - 20 NOV 1943 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1943-MAY1946South Pacific
JAN1952-JUN1955Korea/Indochina
JAN1956-JAN1960West Pac
JAN1958-NOV1958West Pac
JUL1958-AUG1958Mediterranean-Lebanon
SEP1958-SEP1958West Pac
NOV1960-JUL1961Middle Pacific
JAN1962-JAN1964West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1962-DEC1962West Pac
JUN1962-DEC1962Rescue civilians in Hong Kong after a typhoon
AUG1962-Shellback Initiation - 7 AUG 1962 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1963-JAN1964West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1963-SEP1963West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1964-MAR1964West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1964-AUG1964West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1965-JAN1966West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1965-JAN1966West Pac
NOV1965-MAR1966West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1966-AUG1966Decommisioning

APA-32 General Specifications

Class: Crescent City-class attack transport

Named for: Calvert County

Complement: 48 Officers and 510 Enlisted

Displacement: 8889 tons

Length: 491 feet

Beam: 65 feet 6 inches

Flank Speed: 16 knots

Final Disposition: Scrapped 14 February 1977