USS APL-24
Coordinates: 38°04′39″N 122°05′52″W / 38.0773780°N 122.0977358°W
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Name | APL-24 |
Ordered | 29 January 1944 |
Builder | Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co. |
Laid down | 24 July 1944 |
Launched | 26 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 24 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | 24 March 1947 |
Stricken | 1 April 1962 |
Identification | Hull number: APL-24 |
Honours and awards | See Awards |
Status | Transferred to MARAD, 23 May 1962 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | APL-17-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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USS APL-24 is an APL-2-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.
Construction and career[]
The ship was laid down on 24 July 1944, by the Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co. and launched on 26 September 1944. She was commissioned on 24 July 1945.[1]
She was decommissioned on 24 March 1947 and put into the reserve fleet.
The ship was transferred to MARAD on 23 May 1962, renamed as FB-62 and used as a headquarter ship in Suisun Bay, California.[2]
Awards[]
References[]
- ^ "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "APL-2 Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- Photo gallery of USS APL-24 at NavSource Naval History
Categories:
- Barracks ships of the United States Navy
- Ships built in Stockton, California
- 1944 ships