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U.S.S. CAVALLARO

(APD-128)

THE GALLOPING GHOST OF THE KOREAN COAST

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APD-128 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
MAR1944-Keel Date: 28 MAR 1944
at Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City MI
JUN1944-Launch Date: 15 JUN 1944
MAR1945-Commissioned: 13 MAR 1945
MAR1945-JUL1946West Pac
SEP1953-SEP1953Re-Commisioned
OCT1959-Decommissioned: 15 OCT 1959

APD-128 General Specifications

Class: Crosley-class high speed transport

Named for: Salvatore John Cavallaro

Complement: 12 Officers and 192 Enlisted

Displacement: 1450 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 36 feet 10 inches

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles

Final Disposition:Transferred to South Korea 15 October 1959