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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USSBurdo |
| 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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Crosley-classhigh 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 | 23knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Range |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 ×LCVPs |
| Troops | 162 troops |
| Complement | 204 (12 officers, 192 enlisted) |
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USSBurdo (APD-133) was aCrosley-classhigh speed transport of theUnited States Navy, in service from 1945 to 1958. She was finally sold for scrap in 1967.Burdo was named afterPrivate Ronald A. Burdo (1920–1942), aMarine who was killed in action atGavutu, during theBattle of Guadalcanal.
Ronald Allen Burdo was born on 24 July 1920 inCheboygan, Michigan. He enlisted in theUnited States Marine Corps on 20 September 1940. He was killed in action on 7 August 1942 atGavutu,Solomon Islands, during theBattle of Guadalcanal.
Originally designated aRudderow-classdestroyer escort,DE-717,Burdo was re-designated asAPD-133, a fast transport, on 17 July 1944, even before being laid down at theDefoe Shipbuilding Company, inBay City, Michigan. She was launched on 25 November 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Ida J. Botts, mother of Private Burdo. Builders trials before her pre-commissioning cruise were done inLake Huron.
After completion,Burdo sailed from the builder's yard at Bay City toChicago, Illinois. From there, they went through theChicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and down theChicago River toJoliet, Illinois, where pontoons were attached to the ship so it could be pushed down theDes Plaines River,Illinois River, andMississippi River as part of a barge train. After arriving at theTodd Johnson Shipyard inAlgiers, Louisiana, on the west bank of the Mississippi atNew Orleans, the rest of the crew reported aboard, andBurdo was commissioned at New Orleans, on 2 June 1945.
Burdo joined thePacific Fleet in August 1945, and was assigned to serve with thePacific Underwater Demolition Flotilla. WithUnderwater Demolition Team 18(UDT-18) embarked, she sailed forPearl Harbor on 16 August, where she was assigned to an amphibious group. On 1 September, she departed forSasebo, Japan. At Sasebo, UDT-13 assisted in clearing channels prior to landing theoccupation forces on 21 September 1945. Shortly afterwards,Burdo departed forSan Diego viaOkinawa,Guam, and Pearl Harbor. At San Diego, UDT-18 was disembarked, and after one shuttle trip to Pearl Harbor,Burdo sailed toNorfolk,Virginia, transiting thePanama Canal onThanksgiving Day 1945.
Burdo operated along theAtlantic coast carrying out training exercises and mock landings during December 1945 through October 1948, with the exception of three trips to theCaribbean. On 1 November 1948, in company with other units of theAtlantic Fleet,Burdo departed Norfolk en route toNS Argentia,Newfoundland, for cold weather operations. On 20 November, she returned to Norfolk and continued with her Atlantic and Caribbean operations until May 1951.
In May 1951, she became a unit of theMidshipmen Practice Squadron, and participated in themidshipmen summer cruise to northernEurope and the Caribbean, returning to Norfolk at the end of July. After overhaul, she resumed training exercises in cooperation with theMarines. Early in January 1953,Burdo was assigned to the6th Fleet, and operated as a unit of theAmphibious Group until May 1953. During this assignment, she participated in one of the firstNATO exercises.
Over the next several years,Burdo engaged in amphibious operational training along the eastern seaboard, conducted six Caribbean training cruises, and had another tour with the 6th Fleet.
Burdo was decommissioned on 28 February 1958, atCharleston,South Carolina, and was laid up in theAtlantic Reserve Fleet. She was struck from theNaval Vessel Register on 1 April 1966, and sold for scrapping on 30 March 1967, toSouthern Scrap Material Company, New Orleans, Louisiana.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
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