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USS APc-1


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Alpha - Bravo
 NCAB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport
  • Originally planned as Coastal Minesweeper AMc-164
  • Laid down, 18 May 1942, at Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, CT,
  • Launched, 9 July 1942
  • Commissioned USS APc-1, 1 October 1942
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 100 t.(lt) 234 t.(fl)
    Length 103'
    Beam 21' 3"
    Draft 9' 3"
    Speed 10kts.
    Complement 3 officers, 22 enlisted
    Armament four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion one 400shp National Supply Corp. MML-6 diesel engine, one shaft
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    APc-1 123k Drawing of USS APc-1 in camouflage measure 31, design 20-L prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for small coastal transports of the APc-1 class. This plan, approved by CAPT. Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 16 August 1944. It shows the ship's starboard side, stern and superstructure ends.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-177469 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    APc-1 131k Drawing of USS APc-1 in camouflage measure 31, design 20-L prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for small coastal transports of the APc-1 class. This plan, approved by CAPT. Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 16 August 1944. It shows the ship's port side.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-177470 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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