Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

APD-65 USS Burke

• High-Speed Transport (ex-Buckley Class Destroyer Escort):
• Displacement: 1673 tons
• Length: 306'
• Beam: 36'10"
• Draft: 13'6"
• Speed: 23 knots
• Armament: 3 3"/50, 3 21" torpedo tubes, 1,2 40mm or 1 1.1", 8 20mm, 1 hedgehog, 2 depth charge tracks, 8 "K" gun projectors
• Complement: 15 officers, 198 enlisted
• Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 h.p.
• Built at Philadelphia Navy Yard and commissioned as DE-215 20 August 1943; converted to APD January 1945

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Burke

UDT-21 from Burke receives 1st surrender on Japanese mainland: Army Coast Artillery unit on Futtsu Saki Peninsula outside Tokyo Bay, 28 Aug 45

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