APL-41-class barracks ship
{{Short description|Class of United States Navy barrack ships}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
| {{Infobox ship begin
| infobox caption = | display title = | sclass = 2 }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:APL-42 on 9 September 1993.jpg | Ship image size = | Ship caption = USS APL-42 }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = APL-41 class | Total ships building = | Total ships scrapped = | Total ships retired = | Total ships lost = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships active = | Total ships cancelled = 2 | Total ships completed = 10 | Total ships on order = | Builders = *Willamette Iron and Steel | Total ships planned = 12 | In commission range = 1945-1946 | Built range = 1944-1946 | Cost = | Subclasses = | Class after = APL-53 class | Class before = APL-17 class | Operators = *{{navy|US}}
| Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Barracks ship | Ship displacement = *{{convert|1300|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} (standard)
| Ship length = {{convert|261|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|49|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|8|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *3 × Diesel generators | Ship power = 100kW 450 AC | Ship speed = | Ship range = | Ship complement = *5 officers
| Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship capacity = *0 officers
| Ship armament = 4 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = | Ship notes = }} |
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.{{Cite web|title=APL-2 Class|url=https://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/APL/APL02.html|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.shipscribe.com}}
Development
Ten ships were built during World War II with 2 cancelled.{{Cite web|date=August 5, 2020|title=Barracks Ships and Barges (APB, APL)|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/auxapl.htm|url-status=live|access-date=January 19, 2022|website=shipbuildinghistory|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226142932/http://shipbuildinghistory.com:80/smallships/auxapl.htm |archive-date=26 February 2018 }} 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.
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. 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.{{Cite web|title=Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/71/7147.htm|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.navsource.org}}{{Cite web|title=Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/71/7153.htm|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.navsource.org}} Since 2011, only 3 ships have been in service at Naval Station Norfolk.
Ships of class
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="7" |APL-41-class barracks ship |
|---|
| Name
!Builders !Laid down !Launched !Commissioned !Decommissioned !Fate |
| APL-41
| rowspan="6" |Willamette Iron and Steel |2 September 1944 |11 November 1944 |24 March 1945 | - |Disposed on 17 May 1973 |
| APL-42
|9 December 1944 |6 February 1945 |1 May 1945 | - |CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Norfolk |
| APL-43
|13 December 1944 |27 February 1945 |31 May 1945 | - |Donated to Panama on 1 October 1993 |
| APL-44
|29 December 1944 |30 April 1945 |30 June 1945 | - |Transferred to the U.S. Army District Engineers, 30 April 1960 |
| APL-45
|7 February 1945 |12 May 1945 |28 July 1945 | - |CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Norfolk |
| APL-46
|28 February 1945 |23 May 1945 |31 August 1945 | - |Scrapped in 1970 |
| APL-47
| rowspan="6" |Puget Sound Shipbuilding |17 October 1944 |5 January 1945 |1 June 1945 | - |Loaned to Turkey and redesignated TCG Y38, December 1972 |
| APL-48
|8 November 1944 |26 January 1945 |26 July 1945 | - |Sold to commercial service, August 1958 |
| APL-49
|28 November 1944 |28 May 1945 |15 November 1945 | - |Transferred to the Thirteenth Naval District, 1961 |
| APL-50
|29 January 1945 |26 July 1945 |2 January 1946 | - |CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Norfolk |
| APL-51
|15 May 1945 | colspan="4" |Cancelled on 13 August 1945, completed as barge PACIFIC RIM |
| APL-52
| colspan="5" |Cancelled on 13 August 1945 |
See also
External links
- {{navsource|09/71/71idx|Barracks ships of the US Navy}}