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APL-37 / APB-37 / IX-504 Echols

Benawah Class Self-propelled Barracks Ship
  • Authorized, 17 December 1943, as Barracks Ship (non-self propeller) APL-37
  • Reclassified Barracks Ship (self-propelled) APB-37, 8 August 1944
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, MA.
  • Launched, 30 July 1944
  • Completed, 1 January 1947
  • Placed in service in reserve in January 1947, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Towed to Norfolk, VA. in 1961, subsequently towed to Groton. CT. for use as a barracks barge for submarine crews
  • Reclassified Miscellaneous Unclassified IX-504 in 1971
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 22 December 1995
  • Final Disposition, disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion, 12 June 2003
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,189 t.
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 160
    Troop Capacity 990
    Armament
    two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts
    twenty .50 and .30 cal machine guns
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Echols 25k Echols (APB-37) mooed at Pier 6 West, Boston Naval Shipyard, 8 January 1947, one week after her completion. Echols would remain in reserve status for fourteen years before being activated to berth crews at the Navy submarine base at New London, CT.
    Boston Naval Shipyard photo # BOSTS-11020.    		 US National Park Service, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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