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APL-36 / APB-36 Colleton

Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship: Authorized, 17 December 1943, as Barracks Ship (non-self propeller) APL-36; Reclassified Barracks Ship (self-propelled) APB-36, 8 August 1944; Laid down, 9 June 1945 at Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston MA.; Launched, 30 July 1945; Completed 1947 and placed in reserve; Commissioned USS Colleton (APB-36), 28 January 1967; Decommissioned December 1969; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 6 January 1973, for $172.226.62, to American Ship Dismantler's Inc., Portland OR.

Specifications: Displacement; 2,189 t.; Length 328'; Beam 50'; Draft 11' 2"; Speed 12kts; Complement 160; Troops 990; Armament 2 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, 2 quad 40mm gun mounts, 20 .50 and .30 cal machine guns; Propulsion, 2 General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	18k	Mekong Delta, 1967		MRFA
	77k	Vietnam c. 1967		Bruce Schulze MRFA

View the Colleton (APB-36)
DANFS history on the Mobile Riverine Force Association web site.

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Mobile Riverine Force Association
River Assault Flotilla One Photo Album by Tom Sparkman

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