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APL-24

APL-17 Class Non-self-propelled Barracks Ship:
  • Laid down (date and place unknown)
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered and placed in service (date unknown)
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Current Disposition, since 1962 ex-APL-24 has served as the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet (SBRF) Headquarters for the Maritime Administration (MARAD)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,300 t.(lt), 2,580 t.(fl)
    Length 261'
    Beam 49'
    Draft 11'
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Accommodation 19 Officers, 205 Enlisted
    Propulsion none
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    APL-24 79k Ex-APL-24 moored at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. where she serves the Maritime Administration as headquarters for the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, circa November/December 2006. Christopher Edwards
    APL-24 130k Ex-APL-24 moored at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., circa November/December 2006. Christopher Edwards
    APL-24 70k Ex-APL-24 moored at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., circa November/December 2006. Christopher Edwards
    APL-24 68k Ex-APL-24 moored at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., date unknown. Photo from "Warship Boneyards", by Kit and Carolyn Bonner, authors collection. Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for APL-24 at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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