APL-41-class barracks ship

USS APL-42
Class overview
Name	APL-41 class
Builders	Willamette Iron and Steel Puget Sound Shipbuilding
Operators	United States Navy  Turkish Navy
Preceded by	APL-17 class
Succeeded by	APL-53 class
Built	1944-1946
In commission	1945-1946
Planned	12
Completed	10
Cancelled	2
General characteristics
Type	Barracks ship
Displacement	1,300 t (1,279 long tons) (standard) 2,600 t (2,559 long tons) (full load)
Length	261 ft 0 in (79.55 m)
Beam	49 ft 2 in (14.99 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	100kW 450 AC
Propulsion	3 × Diesel generators
Capacity	0 officers 583 enlisted 1,000 Bbls (Diesel)
Complement	5 officers 66 enlisted
Armament	4 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

The APL-41-class barracks ship was a class of barracks ships of the United States Navy after the Second World War, in the late 1940s.^[1]

Ten ships were built during World War II with 2 cancelled.^[2] Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the construction of tenders and repair ships in May 1943, it was then recommended by the Auxiliary Vessels Board on 11 June later that year, the construction of barracks ships.^[1]

The class consists of barges with a two-story barracks built on top instead of the a warehouse design, and they had an auxiliary vessel designation of "A". Moreover, on their top deck, 4 Oerlikon 20 mm cannons were placed together with 2 gun and their platforms on each side of the ship.^[1] The guns were later removed after being put into the reserve fleet in 1946.

In December 1972, APL-47 and APL-53 were loaned to Turkey.^[3][4] Since 2011, only 3 ships have been in service at Naval Station Norfolk.^[1]

• Barracks ship
• List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy § Barracks Craft (APL)

• Photo gallery of Barracks ships of the US Navy at NavSource Naval History no nationality or prefix;