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USS APc-50

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Charlie - Charlie
NDCC

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-192

Laid down, 8 August 1942, at Lynch Shipbuilding Co. San Diego, CA.

Launched, 23 October 1942

Commissioned USS APc-50, 9 June 1943, LTjg. Robert L. Linder USNR in command

During World War II USS APc-50 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
APc Flotilla Five, LT. D. V. Horsburgh USNR;
APc Group Fifteen;
APc Division Thirty

Decommissioned, 31 July 1946

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register 28 August 1946

Returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission, 15 June 1948 for disposal

Sold in 1950 to Jure Vukic and John Mijacika, named Northern Girl (Both Jure Vukic and John Mijacika died of seperate incidents at sea)

In 1959 she was owned by Mrs. Louise Vukic and the heirs of Jure Vukic and John Mijacika

Sold in 1965 to Loggers Freight Services Ltd., Vancouver BC, reflagged Canada

Sold, 8 July 1970, to Coastal Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC

Renamed Loughborough Princess, 12 February 1971

From 1989-2008 she was owned by Vallee-Viking Ventures Ltd., Rosedale BC

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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

Complement

Officers 3

Enlisted 22

Troop Capacity 66

Largest Boom Capacity 3 t.

Armament

four single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 145 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Motors 8-268A Diesel engine

single Main Reduction Gears

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

one propeller, 400shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS APc-50
	207k	Green Islands Invasion, February, 1944. Heavy equipment belonging to Navy Seabees is loaded on an LST at a Russell Islands Base, in preparation for the Green Islands Operation, February 12, 1944. Ships are (l-r): *LCT-330, LCT-370, USS LST-70, USS LST-220* and USS APc-50. Note trucks, Jeeps and Barrage Balloon. US National Archives photo # USMC 77989	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	125k	USS APc-50 under way in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH-81407. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
Merchant Service
092305002	22k	MV Northern Girl (Ex-USS APc-50), underway, date and location unknown. The Nauticapedia	John Spivey

There is no history available for USS APc-50 at NavSource

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Linder, Robert Lester, USNR	9 June 1943 - October 1944
02	LTjg. Taylor, George Howell, USNR	October 1944 - April 1945
03	ENS. Keller Jr., Paul, USNR	April 1945 - October 1945
04	ENS. Huston, Morrison C., USNR	October 1945 - March 1946
05	ENS. Drumm, James Francis, USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
06	ENS. Solomon, Henry Kaiser, USNR	June 1946 - 31 July 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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