USS Ruchamkin (APD-89)
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USS Ruchamkin ca. 1965
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Ruchamkin (DE-228) |
| Namesake: | Seymour D. Ruchamkin |
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| Laid down: | 14 February 1944 as Rudderow-class destroyer escort |
| Launched: | 15 June 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Mary Ruchamkin |
| Reclassified: | APD-89, 17 July 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 16 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 February 1946 |
| Recommissioned: | 9 March 1951 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 August 1957 |
| Recommissioned: | 18 November 1961 |
| Reclassified: | LPR-89, 1 January 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 November 1969 |
| Struck: | 31 October 1977 |
| Honors and awards: |
Navy Unit Commendation for 1965 Dominican crisis |
| Fate: | Transferred to Colombia, 24 November 1969 |
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 Colombia
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| Name: | ARC Cordoba (DT-15) |
| Acquired: | 24 November 1969 |
| Struck: | 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Crosley-class 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 |
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USS Ruchamkin (APD-89), ex-DE-228, later LPR-89, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946, from 1951 to 1957, and from 1961 to 1969.
Ruchamkin was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Ruchamkin (DE-228) on 14 February 1944 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was launched on 15 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Mary Ruchamkin. The ship was reclassified as a Crosley-class high-speed transport and redesignated APD-89 on 17 July 1944. After conversion to her new role by the Duane Shipbuilding Corporation, she was commissioned on 16 September 1945 with Lieutenant Commander T. O. Weeks in command.
After shakedown, Ruchamkin engaged in training exercises off the United States East Coast and in the Caribbean. She was decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Florida, on 27 February 1946 and placed in reserve there on the St. Johns River in the Florida Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
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