USS APL-2

USS APL-2
History
United States
Name	APL-2
Ordered	7 October 1943
Builder	Puget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down	12 May 1944
Launched	6 July 1944
Commissioned	25 May 1945
Decommissioned	January 1947
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	Hull number: APL-2
Honours & awards	See Awards
Status	Berthed in San Diego
General characteristics
Class & type	APL-2-class barracks ship
Displacement	1,300 t (1,279 long tons) (standard) 2,660 t (2,618 long tons) (full load)
Length	260 ft 0 in (79.25 m)
Beam	49 ft 2 in (14.99 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	100kW 450 AC
Propulsion	3 × Diesel generators
Capacity	0 officers 583 enlisted 1,000 Bbls (Diesel)
Complement	6 officers 66 enlisted

USS APL-2 is the lead ship of the APL-2-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.

Construction and career

The ship was laid down on 12 May 1944, by the Puget Sound Navy Yard and launched on 6 July 1944. She was commissioned on 25 May 1945. ^[1]

From 15 to 27 June 1945, she was towed by USS Sotoymo (ATA-121) from Seattle to Pearl Harbor. Between 4 and 22 July of that same year, she was towed by the same ship to Eniewetok.

She was put into the reserve fleet by January 1947. ^[2]

The ship undertook the CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program, in which she is berthed in San Diego since at least the early 2000s. She is being used as a berthing and messing barge. ^[3]

Awards

• American Campaign Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
• World War II Victory Medal
• Philippines Liberation Medal

References

1. "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". NavSource. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
2. "APL-2 Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
3. "APL 2". www.navysite.de. Retrieved 2021-12-16.

• Photo gallery of USS APL-2 at NavSource Naval History