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USS APc-44

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Zulu - Bravo
NCZB

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-179

Laid down, 26 July 1942, at William J. Cryer & Son, Oakland, CA.

Launched, 30 March 1943

Commissioned USS APc-44, 18 May 1943, LT. Joseph M. Price USNR in command

During World War II USS APc-44 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
APc Flotilla Five, LT. G. D. Winsor, USNR;
APc Group Fifteen
APc Division Twenty-Nine

Decommissioned, 17 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

Sold, 21 April 1947. via MARCOMM to Silvano Perez Ramos, Nogales Sonora, Mexico, removed 25 April 1947

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 100 t.(lt) 258 t.(fl)
Length 103' 3"
Beam 21' 3"
Draft 9' 3"
Speed 10 kts.

Complement

officers 3

enlisted 22

Troop Capacity 66

Largest Boom Capacity 2 t.

Armament

four single 20mm AA gun mounts
Fuel Capacity Diesel 145 Bbls

Propulsion

one 400shp Atlas 6HM2124 Diesel engine

Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear

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

single propeller, 400shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
190k	USS APc-44 under way in San Francisco Bay off her builders yard, William J. Cryer & Son, Oakland, CA., circa May 1943.	Geoff Osborne
216k		Geoff Osborne
92k	USS APc-44 under way in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 81036. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.	Geoff Osborne

There is no history available for USS APc-44 at NavSource

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Price, Joseph M., USNR	18 May 1943 - 25 July 1944
03	LTjg. Shortall, Richard C., USNR	25 July 1944 - 9 April 1945
03	LTjg. Nelson, Stanford I., USNR	9 April 1945 - December 1945
04	ENS. Moore, A. D., USNR	December 1945 - March 1946
05	ENS. Webb, J. R., USNR	March 1946 - 17 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS APc-44War Diary's for April and May 1945

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