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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

YF-609 / APL-15

APL-2 Class Non-self-propelled Barracks Ship:

Laid down, 29 October 1943, at Nashville Bridge and Iron Co., Nashville, TN.

Launched, 29 October 1943

Delivered, 22 January 1944

Placed in service (date unknown)

APL-15 is part of the CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at "Mole" pier, NavSta San Diego, CA.

Specifications:
Displacement 1,300 t.(lt), 2,580 t.(fl)
Length 261'
Beam 49'
Draft 11'
Accommodation 7 Officers, 677 Enlisted

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
44k	*APL-15* moored at the "mole" pier, Naval Station San Diego, CA., January 2004	Bob Gregory, COMPACFLT N43 Berthing & Messing PMgr
46k	*APL-15* and *APL-2* moored at the "mole" pier, Naval Station San Diego, CA., 9 February 2004	Bob Gregory, COMPACFLT N43 Berthing & Messing PMgr
53k	*APL-15* (outboard) and *APL-5* (inboard) moored at Naval Station San Diego, CA., July 2005	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
525k	*APL-15* is alongside Cushing (DD-985) at Naval Station San Diego, CA. to accommodate the destroyer's crew during pre-decommissioning, circa August-September 2005. Peleliu (LHA-5) is on the far side of the pier.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.

There is no DANFS History currently available for APL-15 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
No Information Available

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Last Updated 24 August 2007