USS Wantuck (Apd-125) (Paperback)


High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Wantuck (APD-125) was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1957. Originally projected as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort (DE-692), Wantuck (APD-125) was selected for completion to a modified design as a high-speed transport (APD), designed for landing and supporting raiding parties while retaining a secondary, destroyer escort-like role of convoy escort. She was laid down on 17 August 1944 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company. launched on 25 September 1944, sponsored by Miss Mary Wantuck, and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts, on 30 December 1944, Lieutenant Commander Richard Bensen, USNR, in command.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Wantuck (APD-125) was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1957. Originally projected as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort (DE-692), Wantuck (APD-125) was selected for completion to a modified design as a high-speed transport (APD), designed for landing and supporting raiding parties while retaining a secondary, destroyer escort-like role of convoy escort. She was laid down on 17 August 1944 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company. launched on 25 September 1944, sponsored by Miss Mary Wantuck, and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts, on 30 December 1944, Lieutenant Commander Richard Bensen, USNR, in command.

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Imprint

Betascript Publishing

Country of origin

United States

Release date

September 2010

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First published

September 2010

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Dimensions

152 x 229 x 7mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

120

ISBN-13

978-6133064102

Barcode

9786133064102

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6133064102



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