APL-2-class barracks ship

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USS APL-4
Class overview
NameAPL-2 class
Builders
Operators
Preceded by Edmund B. Alexander class
Succeeded by APL-17 class
Built1943-1945
In commission1944-1946
Planned15
Completed12
Cancelled3
Active4
Retired8
General characteristics
Type Barracks ship
Displacement
  • 1,300 t (1,279 long tons) (standard)
  • 2,660 t (2,618 long tons) (full load)
Length260 ft 0 in (79.25 m)
Beam49 ft 2 in (14.99 m)
Draft8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power100kW 450 AC
Propulsion3 × Diesel generators
Capacity
  • 0 officers
  • 583 enlisted
  • 1,000 Bbls (Diesel)
Complement
  • 6 officers
  • 66 enlisted
Armament4 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

The APL-2-class barracks ship was a class of barracks ships of the United States Navy after the Second World War, in the late 1940s. [1]

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Development

Twelve ships were built during World War II with 3 cancelled. [2] APL-12 and APL-13 were intentionally destroyed after being grounded by Typhoon Louise at Okinawa, by demolition charges, in February 1946. [3] [4] Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the construction of tenders and repair ships in May 1943, it was then recommended by the Auxiliary Vessels Board on 11 June later that year, that the construction of barracks ships. [1]

The class consists of barges with a two-story barracks built on top instead of a warehouse design, and they had an auxiliary vessel designation of "A". Moreover, on their top deck, 4 Oerlikon 20 mm cannons were placed together with 2 guns and their platforms on each side of the ship. [1] The guns were later removed after being put into the reserve fleet in 1946.

Since 2011, only 4 ships have been in service at Naval Station San Diego. [1]

Ships of class

APL-2-class barracks ship [2]
NameBuildersLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
APL-2 Puget Sound Navy Yard 12 May 19446 July 194425 May 1945- CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at San Diego [5]
APL-3 31 May 19443 August 194430 July 1945-Scrapped in 1974
APL-4 27 May 19443 August 194421 September 1945-CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at San Diego
APL-5 8 July 194414 November 19445 November 1945-CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at San Diego
APL-65 August 194412 February 1945Cancelled on 27 August 1945, completed as barge CROWN No.2
APL-75 August 194412 February 1945Cancelled on 27 August 1945, completed as barge CROWN No.1
APL-8 Nashville Bridge Co. 21 March 19445 June 19446 October 1944-Sold to commercial service as merchant barge MLC-261 (ON 580686), 1974 [6]
APL-9 5 May 194421 July 194424 November 1944-Sold to commercial service as merchant barge MLC-260 (ON 581255), 1974 [6]
APL-10 12 July 194419 September 19446 January 1945-Sold to commercial service as merchant barge MLC-263 (ON 561018), 1974 [6]
APL-11 Boston Navy Yard 5 August 19444 September 194410 October 1944-Sunk as target by ComNavAirPac, 18 March 1974
APL-12 5 August 19444 September 194424 October 1944-Destroyed on 26 January 1946
APL-13 5 September 194412 October 194420 November 194423 November 1945Destroyed on 22 February 1946
APL-14 Nashville Bridge Co.11 September 194417 January 194429 June 19443 January 1946Sold to Foreign Liquidation Committee (FLC), May 1947
APL-15 29 October 194329 January 19441 August 1944-CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at San Diego
APL-16Cancelled on 22 October 1943

See also

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 "APL-2 Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Barracks Ships and Barges (APB, APL)". shipbuildinghistory. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". NavSource. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". NavSource. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "APL-2 - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Merchant Vessels of the United States. Vol. 2. U.S. Coast Guard. 1976. p. 2013.

Auxiliary ship classes of the United States Navy

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