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APc-68


APC-68 was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned HM FT-25
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APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport
  • Laid down in 1942 at Hodgdon Bros. East Boothbay ME.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Transferred to Great Britain, 9 September 1943, commissioned HM FT-25
  • APc-68 never saw active service with the US Navy
  • 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 3 officers, 22 enlisted
    Armament four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion one 500shp diesel engine, one shaft
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    APc-68 123k APc-68 near her builder's yard at East Boothby, Maine, 7 September 1943, two days before being delivered and handed over to the British under Lend-Lease. She is wearing her British hull number.
    US navy Bureau of Ships photo # 19-N-51363 now in the collections of the US National Archives (RG-19-LCM).    		 Robert Hurst
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