USS APL-5

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USS APL-5
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameAPL-5
Ordered7 October 1943
Builder Puget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down8 July 1944
Launched14 November 1944
Commissioned5 November 1945
DecommissionedJanuary 1947
Homeport San Diego
Identification Hull number: APL-5
Honours and
awards		 See Awards
StatusBerthed in San Diego
General characteristics
Class and type APL-2-class 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

USS APL-5 is an APL-2-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.

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Construction and career

The ship was laid down on 8 July 1944, by the Puget Sound Navy Yard and launched on 14 November 1944. She was commissioned on 5 November 1945. [1]

She was put into the reserve fleet by January 1947.

APL-5 was deployed to Vietnam in November 1966 to provide accommodation to sailors stationed in Chu Lai during the Vietnam War. Upon arriving, the ship had run into muddy grounds and became stuck. USS Manhattan was sent to free her from the mud, in which the ship was successfully freed and guided her to her berthing area in Chu Lai. APL-5 had 4-inch/50 cal guns for self defense. [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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  2. ↑ "All Hands" Magazine, November 1966, Page 14 & 15
  3. ↑ "APL-2 Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.


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