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USS APc-16


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Juliet - India
 NCJI
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Lingayen Gulf, 4 to 18 January 1945) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport:
  • Originally planned as a Coastal Minesweeper AMc-156
  • Laid down, 6 April 1942, at Camden Ship Building and Marineway, Camden, ME.
  • Launched, 5 July 1942
  • Commissioned USS APc-16, 15 January 1943, LT. William Harris Jr USNR in command
  • During World War II USS APc-16 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operation
    Lae occupation, 22 September 1943     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 May 1946
  • USS APc-16 earned two battle star for World War II service
  • Transferred to a foreign government, date unknown
  • Beached during a typhoon in September 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold in January 1948, but abandoned
    Specifications:
    Displacement 100 t.(lt) 234 t.(fl) 258 t.(lim)
    Length 103' 3"
    Beam 21' 3"
    Draft 9' 3"
    Speed 10kts.
    Complement
    3 officers
    22 enlisted
    Troop Capacity 66
    Largest Boom Capacity 2 t.
    Armament
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 145 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one National Supply Corp. MML-6 Diesel engine
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D. C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 300shp
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed
    By
    APc-16 822k Dry Dock # 2, Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., 9 April 1943, with eight ships on blocks.
    USS APc-16,
    USS APc-20,
    USS APc-6,
    USS APc-7,
    USS APc-8,
    USS APc-14,
    USS APc-18, and
    USS YAG-13,
    US Navy Yard Charleston S.C. photo # 765-43.    		 Robert Hall
    APc-16 132k USS APc-16 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "Allied Landing Craft of World War Two", published by Arms and Armour Press    		 Robert Hurst
    APc-16
    092301603    		 98k USS APc-16 drydocked, July 1945, location unknown. Tom Baumann for his father Joseph Baumann USS APc-16
    APc-16
    092301604    		 131k USS APc-16 crew photo VJ-day, 15 August 1945, location unknown. Tom Baumann for his father Joseph Baumann USS APc-16
    There is no DANFS history record for USS APc-16 available at Navsource.
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Harris Jr., William Wilson, USNR15 January 1943 - June 1944
    02LTjg. Thoma, Vincent D., USNRJune 1944 - December 1944
    03LTjg. Burke, Alton J., USNRDecember 1944 - March 1945
    04ENS. Spahr, John F., USNRMarch 1945 - December 1945
    05ENS. Roney, J. C., USNRDecember 1945 - 9 May 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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