USS APc-15

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|Ship country=United States

|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1943}}

|Ship name= USS APc-15

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|Ship builder=Camden Ship Building and Marineway, Camden, Maine

|Ship laid down=29 April 1942, as a coastal minesweeper AMc-155

|Ship launched=9 July 1942

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|Ship commissioned=27 October 1942, as APc-15

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|Ship fate=Sold, 13 January 1947

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|Ship country=Canada

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|Ship name= *Gulf Trader (1947)

  • La Belle (1948)
  • Black Trader (1963)

|Ship owner= Vancouver Tug Boat Co (-1960)

|Ship identification=179077

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|Ship fate=Sank in 1998

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|Ship class= APc-1 class small coastal transport vessel

|Ship displacement=*{{convert|100|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light

  • {{convert|234|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load

|Ship length= {{convert|103|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam= {{convert|21|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship draft={{convert|9|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=*1 × {{convert|400|shp|0|abbr=on}} Atlas 6HM2124 diesel engine

  • 1 × shaft

|Ship speed= {{convert|10|kn|lk=in}}

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|Ship complement= 25 (3 officers, 22 enlisted)

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|Ship armament=4 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts

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|operations=*Landing at Scarlet Beach

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USS APc-15 was a United States Navy {{sclass|APc-1|small coastal transport|1}} vessel in World War II. Laid down on 29 April 1942 as Coastal Minesweeper AMc-155 at Camden Ship Building and Marineway, Camden, Maine, she was launched on 9 July 1942 and commissioned as APc-25 on 27 October 1942.{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/23/23015.htm |title=APc-15 |accessdate=24 March 2016}}

She served with the Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force in the South West Pacific Area conducting operations off the coast of New Guinea. She took part in the Bismarck Archipelago Operations around Arawe, New Britain between 17-18 and 25-26 December 1943.

Fate

She sank in 1998 at Deas Slough near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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