 USS APc-15
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS APc-15 |
| Builder | Camden Ship Building and Marineway, Camden, Maine |
| Laid down | 29 April 1942, as a coastal minesweeper AMc-155 |
| Launched | 9 July 1942 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1942, as APc-15 |
| Fate | Sold, 13 January 1947 |
| Canada | |
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| Owner | Vancouver Tug Boat Co (-1960) |
| Identification | 179077 |
| Fate | Sank in 1998 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | APc-1 class small coastal transport vessel |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 103 ft (31 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 25 (3 officers, 22 enlisted) |
| Armament | 4 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet |
| Operations: | |
USS APc-15 was a United States Navy APc-1-class small coastal transport 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.
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.
References
- ^ "APc-15". Retrieved March 24, 2016.
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