USS Burdo ( APD - 133 ) USS " Burdo " ( APD - 133 ) was a of the United States Navy , named after Private Ronald A . Burdo ( 1920 – 1942 ) , a Marine who was killed in action at Gavutu , during the Battle of Guadalcanal . Originally designated a , DE - 717 , " Burdo " was re - designated as APD - 133 , a fast transport , on 17 July 1944 , even before being laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company , in Bay 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 in Lake Huron . After completion , " Burdo " sailed from the builder ' s yard at Bay City to Chicago , Illinois . From there , they went through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and down the Chicago River to Joliet , Illinois , where pontoons were attached to the ship so it could be pushed down the Des Plaines River , Illinois River , and Mississippi River as part of a barge train . After arriving at the Todd Johnson Shipyard in Algiers , Louisiana , on the west bank of the Mississippi at New Orleans , the rest of the crew reported aboard , and " Burdo " was commissioned at New Orleans , on 2 June 1945 , with Lieutenant Commander H . A . Hull , USNR , in command . Service history . " Burdo " joined the Pacific Fleet in August 1945 , and was assigned to serve with the Pacific Underwater Demolition Flotilla . With Underwater Demolition Team 13 ( UDT - 13 ) embarked , she sailed for Pearl Harbor on 16 August , where she was assigned to an amphibious group . On 1 September , she departed for Sasebo , Japan . At Sasebo , UDT - 13 assisted in clearing channels prior to landing the occupation forces on 21 September 1945 . Shortly afterwards , " Burdo " departed for San Diego via Okinawa , Guam , and Pearl Harbor . At San Diego , UDT - 13 was disembarked , and after one shuttle trip to Pearl Harbor , " Burdo " sailed to Norfolk , Virginia , transiting the Panama Canal on Thanksgiving Day 1945 . " Burdo " operated along the Atlantic coast carrying out training exercises and mock landings during December 1945 through October 1948 , with the exception of three trips to the Caribbean . On 1 November 1948 , in company with other units of the Atlantic Fleet , " Burdo " departed Norfolk en route to NS 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 the Midshipmen Practice Squadron , and participated in the midshipmen summer cruise to northern Europe and the Caribbean , returning to Norfolk at the end of July . After overhaul , she resumed training exercises in cooperation with the Marines . Early in January 1953 , " Burdo " was assigned to the 6th Fleet , and operated as a unit of the Amphibious Group until May 1953 . During this assignment , she participated in one of the first NATO 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 . Decommissioning and sale . " Burdo " was decommissioned on 28 February 1958 , at Charleston , South Carolina , and was laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 April 1966 , and sold for scrapping on 30 March 1967 , to Southern Scrap Material Company , New Orleans , Louisiana .