USS APL-2
{{Short description|Barracks ship of the United States Navy}}
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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.{{Cite web|title=Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/71/7102.htm|access-date=2021-12-16|website=www.navsource.org}}
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.{{Cite web|title=APL-2 Class|url=https://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/APL/APL02.html|access-date=2021-12-16|website=www.shipscribe.com}}
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.{{Cite web|title=APL 2|url=https://www.navysite.de/apl/apl2.htm|access-date=2021-12-16|website=www.navysite.de}}
Awards
References
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- {{navsource|09/71/7102|USS APL-2}}
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Category:Barracks ships of the United States Navy