USS APL-4
{{Short description|Barracks ship of the United States Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:APL-4 on 1 October 1993.jpg | Ship caption = USS APL-4 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1971}} | Ship name = APL-4 | Ship namesake = | Ship sponsor = | Ship ordered = 7 October 1943 | Ship builder = Puget Sound Navy Yard | Ship laid down = 27 May 1944 | Ship launched = 3 August 1944 | Ship completed = | Ship commissioned = 21 September 1945 | Ship decommissioned = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship decommissioned = January 1947 | Ship recommissioned = | Ship identification = *Hull number: APL-4 | Ship reclassified = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship homeport = San Diego | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Berthed in San Diego | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|APL-2|barracks ship}} | Ship displacement = *{{convert|1300|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} (standard)
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USS APL-4 is an APL-2-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.
Construction and career
The ship was laid down on 31 May 1944, by the Puget Sound Navy Yard and launched on 3 August 1944. She was commissioned on 21 September 1945.{{Cite web|title=Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/71/7104.htm|access-date=2021-12-16|website=www.navsource.org}}
She was put into the reserve fleet by January 1947.
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 Class|url=https://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/APL/APL02.html|access-date=2021-12-16|website=www.shipscribe.com}}
References
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- {{navsource|09/71/7104|USS APL-4}}
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Category:Barracks ships of the United States Navy