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Lost to enemy action, 27 December 1943

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USS APc-15


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - India - Mike
 NCIM
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 27 December 1943)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport:
  • Originally planned as Coastal Minesweeper AMc-155
  • Laid down, 29 April 1942, at Camden Ship Building and Marineway, Camden, ME.
  • Launched, 9 July 1942
  • Commissioned USS APc-15, 27 October 1942
  • During World War II USS APc-15 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Arawe, New Britain, 15 to 27 December 1943
  • Lost to enemy air attack at Arawe, New Georgia, 27 December 1943
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS APc-15 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 100 t.(lt) 234 t.(fl)
    Length 103'
    Beam 21' 3"
    Draft 9' 3"
    Speed 10kts.
    Complement
    Officers 3
    Enlisted 22
    Armament
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one National Supply Corp MM-6 Diesel engine
    single propeller, 400shp
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    APc-15 120k USS APc-15 underway during builder's trials off Camden, ME. 6 October 1942. She is carrying only two 20mm guns on the bridge, part of the original design for the class. Two additional 20mm AA single gun mounts were added, one on a platform on the bow and one on the after end of the superstructure.
    US Navy photo # 19-N-38017 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives RG-19-LCM.    		 Tom De Mott Jr. and
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    APc-15 17k USS APc-15 underway, date and place location.
    US Navy photo    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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