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U.S.S. RATHBURNE
(APD-25)Click to view crew list
APD-25 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JUL | 1917 | - | Keel Date: 12 JUL 1917 at William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Company Phila. PA | ||
| DEC | 1917 | - | Launch Date: 27 DEC 1917 | ||
| JUN | 1918 | - | Commissioned: 24 JUN 1918 | ||
| MAY | 1944 | - | JUL | 1945 | Reclassified- Fast Transport APD 25 20th May 1944 |
| AUG | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 22 AUG 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1944 | - | AUG | 1944 | Order of the Golden Dragon |
| JUL | 1945 | - | NOV | 1945 | Reclassified DD-113 20 July 1945 |
| NOV | 1945 | - | NOV | 1945 | Decommisioning |
APD-25 General Specifications
Class: Wickes class destroyer
Named for: John Peck Rathbun
Complement: 133 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1060 tons
Length: 314 feet 5 inches
Beam: 31 feet
Flank Speed: 35 knots
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping November 1946