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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
Campaign and Dates |
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Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 27 to 30 June 1945 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
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2 to 19 September 1945 |
9 October to 1 November 1945 |
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138k | USS Burke (APD-65) detailed profile drawing. | ©John Robert Barrett | |
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26k | USS Burke (APD-65) under way, date and location unknown. | DESA Archives | |
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34k | USS Burke (APD-65) under way, date and location unknown. | Hyperwar US Navy in World War II | |
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19k | USS Burke (APD-65) crew members at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for training after the ship's conversion to
an APD, circa February 1945 Photos by Paul Johnson USS Burke |
Paul Stich | |
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54k | USS Burke (APD-65) underway the morning of, 15 April 1945, entering Norfolk, VA.s after steaming from Brooklyn, New York.. She is painted in
Camouflage Measure 31, Design 20L. In photo 100406516 note the vessel off the port quarter, she has a lengthy hull number, probably denoting a U.S Coast Guard manned pilot boat.]
U.S. Navy photo # 80-G-419620and 80-G-419692 donated by Jim Azelton |
100406515 - Robert Hurst 100406516 - David Upton |
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48k | USS Burke (APD-65) at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo by Paul Johnson USS Burke |
Paul Stich | |
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67k | USS Burke (APD-65) crew photo, date and location unknown. Photo by Paul Johnson USS Burke |
Paul Stich | |
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38k | USS Burke (APD-65) in the Panama Canal, date and location unknown. Photos by Paul Johnson USS Burke |
Paul Stich | |
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31k | USS Burke (APD-65) Engineering Officer, LT. Simpson Photo by Paul Johnson USS Burke |
Paul Stich | |
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247k | Left to right, USS Earheart (APD-113), USS Kline (APD-120), USS Burke (APD-65) and on the opposite side of the pier USS Hubbard (APD-53) laid up in reserve at the US Navy's Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Florida site, September 1960. | John Chiquoine | |
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85k | ARC Almirante Brion (DT 07) (ex-USS Burke (APD-65) at anchor in 1971, location unknown. Colombian navy photo. |
Robert Hurst |
Commanding Officers | |||
01 | LCDR. Winn, Edwin Kevin, USNR | 20 August 1943 - 16 January 1944 | DE-215 |
02 | LT. Dommerich, William Louis, USNR | 16 January 1944 - 28 February 1945 | DE-215 / APD-65 |
03 | LCDR. Newman, Robert Emil | 28 February 1945 - 1 November 1946 | APD-65 |
04 | LCDR. McNulty, Willard Jerrold | 1 November 1946 - March 1947 | APD-65 |
05 | LCDR. McKee, John Raymond, USN | March 1947 - April 1947 | APD-65 |
06 | LT. Kelchner, William Warren | April 1947 - June 1947 | APD-65 |
07 | LCDR. Rommel Jr., Herbert Fox, USNR | June 1947 - 1948 | APD-65 |
08 | LT. Reddington, Thomas Francis, USN (USNA 1944) | 1948 - 22 June 1949 | APD-65 |
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