USS Burdo
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USS Burdo (APD-133) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, in service from 1945 to 1958. She was finally sold for scrap in 1967. Burdo was named after Private Ronald A. Burdo (1920–1942), a Marine who was killed in action at Gavutu, during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
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Name | USS Burdo |
Namesake | Ronald A. Burdo |
Ordered | 1942 |
Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
Laid down | 1944 |
Launched | 25 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 2 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | 28 February 1958 |
Stricken | 1 April 1966 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 30 March 1967 |
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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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