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USS APc-47

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Alpha - Romeo
NDAR

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport:

Originally planned as a Coastal Minesweeper AMc-189

Laid down in 1942 at Lynch Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA.

Launched, date unknown

Commissioned USS APc-47 in February 1943

During World War II USS APc-47 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

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

Officers 3

Enlisted 22
Armament

four single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion

one General Motors 8-268A Diesel

Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gears

single propeller, 500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	98k	USS APc-47 underway off San Diego, CA., 19 February 1943, a few days before commissioning. US Navy Bureau of Ships photo # 19-N-41653 now in the collections of the US National Archives (RG-19-LCM).		Robert Hurst

There is no DANFS history available for USS APc-47 at NavSource

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

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