USS Balduck
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USS Balduck (APD-132) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, named after Marine Corporal Remi A. Balduck (1918–1942), who was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal. For his actions he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
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USS Balduck (APD-132) on 23 March 1954 | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Balduck |
Namesake | Remi A. Balduck |
Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
Laid down | 17 June 1944 |
Launched | 27 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 7 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 May 1946 |
Recommissioned | 5 November 1953 |
Decommissioned | 28 February 1958 |
Reclassified | LPR-132, 1 January 1969 |
Stricken | 15 July 1975 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 December 1976 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Crosley-class high speed transport |
Displacement | 1,450 long tons (1,473 t) |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
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Boats & landing craft carried | 4 × LCVPs |
Troops | 162 troops |
Complement | 204 (12 officers, 192 enlisted) |
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