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USS APc-36

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Victor - Golf
NCVG

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal

APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport:

Originally planned as Coastal Minesweeper AMc-153

Laid down, 19 May 1942, at Anderson & Cristofani, San Francisco, CA.

Launched, 29 August 1942

Commissioned USS APc-36, 18 December 1942, LTjg, Kermit L. Otto USNR in command

During World War II USS APc-36 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
APc Flotilla Five, LT. G. D. Winsor, USNR;
APc Group Fourteen, LTjg. J. C. Dean, USNR;
APc Division Twenty-Seven and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Consolidation of Solomon Islands Consolidation of southern Solomon Islands, 11 May 1943	New Georgia Group operation New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 1 July 1943

Decommissioned, 1 April 1946, at San Francisco, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946

USS APc-36 earned two battle star for World War II service

Sold, 17 February 1948, to Fred Cook, Arkansas Pass, TX., Removed 18 March 1948

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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 General Motors 6-268A Diesel engine

B & K Reduction gear

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D. C. Ship's Service Generators

single propeller, 300shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
092303601	45k	USS APc-36 moored in the Cook Islands, date unknown.		Gregory Adams

There is no DANFS history record for USS APc-36 available at Navsource.

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Otto, Kermit L., USNR	18 December 1942 - 20 January 1944
02	LTjg. McGraw, Willie D., USNR	20 January 1944 - July 1944
03	LTjg. Cardle, John R., USNR	July 1944 - 1945
04	LTjg. Wolfson, Jerome Thomas, USNR	1945 - 18 September 1945
05	LTjg. Dunroe, John Henry, USNR	18 September 1945 - March 1946
06	ENS. Dunn, Thomas John, USNR	March 1946 - 1 April 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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