USS Ruchamkin
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.jpg) USS Ruchamkin ca. 1965
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Ruchamkin |
| Namesake | Seymour D. Ruchamkin |
| Builder |
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| Laid down | 14 February 1944 as Rudderow-class destroyer escort |
| Launched | 15 June 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Mary Ruchamkin |
| Identification | DE-228 |
| Commissioned | 16 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 27 February 1946 |
| Reclassified | APD-89, 17 July 1944 |
| Recommissioned | 9 March 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 13 August 1957 |
| Recommissioned | 18 November 1961 |
| Reclassified | LPR-89, 1 January 1969 |
| Decommissioned | 24 November 1969 |
| Stricken | 31 October 1977 |
| Honors and awards | 1965 Dominican crisis |
| Fate | Transferred to Colombia, 24 November 1969 |
 Colombia | |
| Name | ARC Córdoba |
| Acquired | 24 November 1969 |
| Stricken | 1980 |
| Identification | DT-15 |
| Status | Museum ship at Jaime Duque Park |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | high speed transport |
| Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 204 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | 2 mark 37 torpedo tubes |
USS Ruchamkin (APD-89), ex-DE-228, later LPR-89, was a
Namesake
Seymour David Ruchamkin was born on 8 March 1912 in
On 13 November 1942,
Construction and commissioning
Ruchamkin was laid down as the
First period in commission, 1945–1946
After
Second period in commission, 1951–1957
After five years of inactivity, Ruchamkin was recommissioned on 9 March 1951. Based at
After repairs at Norfolk and refresher training off
Ruchamkin departed Norfolk on 5 January 1955 bound for the
In early May 1955, Ruchamkin retransited the Panama Canal and steamed for her new
Designated for inactivation in the spring of 1957, Ruchamkin was decommissioned on 13 August 1957 and berthed at Boston in reserve.
Third period in commission, 1961–1969
Ruchamkin was ordered reactivated in August 1961 to increase the U.S. Navy's troop lift capacity during the
Based again at Little Creek, Ruchamkin returned to a schedule of U.S East Coast and Caribbean exercises, the latter usually of two to three months' duration.
In November 1963, Ruchamkin's schedule was interrupted for
In October 1964, Ruchamkin moved east to the coast of Spain, where she controlled the major portion of ship-to-shore movement during Operation Steel Pike I, the largest amphibious exercise since World War II. In November 1964 she returned to Little Creek and resumed amphibious and antisubmarine warfare exercises along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean.
In late April and early May 1965, Ruchamkin was called on to assist in the
During the summer of 1965, Ruchamkin returned to a more normal schedule of exercises, but, from February to April 1966, interrupted those operations to act as primary support ship for four
In October 1966, Hurricane Inez interrupted Caribbean exercises and Ruchamkin, assigned to relief operations, distributed food supplies to survivors in Haiti.
During 1967 and into 1968, Ruchamkin continued her operations in the western Atlantic Ocean. Then on 27 July 1968, she headed east for a four-month deployment in the Mediterranean. There until the end of November 1968, she conducted hydrographic surveys along the coasts of southern Europe and North Africa. She was reassigned to Amphibious Squadron 6 while deployed to the Mediterranean.
Ruchamkin was reclassified as an "amphibious transport, small", and redesignated LPR-89 on 1 January 1969. After Caribbean exercises in February and March 1969, Ruchamkin was assigned to support search operations being conducted by
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Final decommissioning and disposal
Ruchamkin was decommissioned at Little Creek on 24 November 1969 for immediate foreign transfer. She eventually was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 October 1977.
Ruchamkin was turned over to Colombia under the terms of the
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: USS Ruchamkin (LPR-89) ex USS Ruchamkin (APD-89) (1945 - 1969)
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