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APc-55


USS APc-55 was transferred to the United Kingdom as HMS FT.5
APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport
  • Laid down, 7 September 1942, at Harry G Marr, Boat Builders Damariscotta, ME.
  • Launched, 10 December 1942
  • Transferred to the United Kingdom at Boston Navy Yard, 20 May 1943
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS FT-5
  • Named HMS Tenderfoot (FT.5) in 1944
  • Decommissioned by the Royal Navy and returned, 27 July 1946, to the US Navy at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 11 November 1946
  • Sold by the Maritime Commission at Norfolk, VA., 21 January 1947
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 100 t.(lt) 234 t.(fl)
    Length 103'
    Beam 21' 3"
    Draft 9' 3"
    Speed 10kts.
    Complement 3 officers, 22 enlisted
    Armament four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one General Motors 8-268A diesel engine
    single propeller 500shp
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    APc-85 120k APc-85 underway in Boston Harbor, 28 May 1943, eight days after her transfer to the Royal Navy as HMS FT.5. Boston Navy Yard photo 2256-43, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat No. BOSTS-10117. Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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