APL-41-class barracks ship

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APL-42 on 9 September 1993.jpg
USS APL-42
Class overview
NameAPL-41 class
Builders
Operators
Preceded by APL-17 class
Succeeded by APL-53 class
Built1944-1946
In commission1945-1946
Planned12
Completed10
Cancelled2
General characteristics
Type Barracks ship
Displacement
  • 1,300 t (1,279 long tons) (standard)
  • 2,600 t (2,559 long tons) (full load)
Length261 ft 0 in (79.55 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
  • 5 officers
  • 66 enlisted
Armament4 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

The APL-41-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

Ten ships were built during World War II with 2 cancelled. [2] 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, the construction of barracks ships. [1]

The class consists of barges with a two-story barracks built on top instead of the 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 gun and their platforms on each side of the ship. [1] The guns were later removed after being put into the reserve fleet in 1946.

In December 1972, APL-47 and APL-53 were loaned to Turkey. [3] [4] Since 2011, only 3 ships have been in service at Naval Station Norfolk. [1]

Ships of class

APL-41-class barracks ship [2]
NameBuildersLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
APL-41 Willamette Iron and Steel 2 September 194411 November 194424 March 1945-Disposed on 17 May 1973
APL-42 9 December 19446 February 19451 May 1945- CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Norfolk
APL-43 13 December 194427 February 194531 May 1945-Donated to Panama on 1 October 1993
APL-44 29 December 194430 April 194530 June 1945-Transferred to the U.S. Army District Engineers, 30 April 1960
APL-45 7 February 194512 May 194528 July 1945-CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Norfolk
APL-46 28 February 194523 May 194531 August 1945-Scrapped in 1970
APL-47 Puget Sound Shipbuilding 17 October 19445 January 19451 June 1945-Loaned to Turkey and redesignated TCG Y38, December 1972 [3]
APL-48 8 November 194426 January 194526 July 1945-Sold to commercial service, August 1958
APL-49 28 November 194428 May 194515 November 1945-Transferred to the Thirteenth Naval District, 1961
APL-50 29 January 194526 July 19452 January 1946-CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Norfolk
APL-5115 May 1945Cancelled on 13 August 1945, completed as barge PACIFIC RIM
APL-52Cancelled on 13 August 1945

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. 1 2 "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". NavSource. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  4. "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". NavSource. Retrieved 19 January 2022.