USS APL-2 is the lead ship of the APL-2-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.
USS APL-2
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History | |
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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 and awards | See Awards |
Status | Berthed in San Diego |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | APL-2-class barracks ship |
Displacement |
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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 |
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Construction and career
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "APL-2 Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "APL 2". www.navysite.de. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- Photo gallery of USS APL-2 at NavSource Naval History