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U.S.S. WANTUCK

(APD-125)


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APD-125 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1944-Keel Date: 17 AUG 1944
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company Quincy MA
SEP1944-Launch Date: 25 SEP 1944
DEC1944-Commissioned: 30 DEC 1944
NOV1957-Decommissioned: 15 NOV 1957

APD-125 General Specifications

Class: Crosley-class high-speed transport

Named for: Private John Joseph Wantuck (1923-1943)

Complement: 204 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1650 tons

Length: 306 feet 0 inches

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 23 Knots

Range: 6 000 nautical miles

Final Disposition:Sold for scrapping 27 October 1958