APL-41-class barracks ship

Class of United States Navy barrack ships

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]

## Development

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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]

## Ships of class

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APL-41-class barracks ship[2]

Name  | Builders  | Laid down  | Launched  | Commissioned  | Decommissioned  | Fate
APL-41 | Willamette Iron and Steel | 2 September 1944  | 11 November 1944  | 24 March 1945  | \-  | Disposed on 17 May 1973
APL-42 | 9 December 1944  | 6 February 1945  | 1 May 1945  | \-  | CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Norfolk
APL-43 | 13 December 1944  | 27 February 1945  | 31 May 1945  | \-  | Donated to Panama on 1 October 1993
APL-44 | 29 December 1944  | 30 April 1945  | 30 June 1945  | \-  | Transferred to the U.S. Army District Engineers, 30 April 1960
APL-45 | 7 February 1945  | 12 May 1945  | 28 July 1945  | \-  | CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Norfolk
APL-46 | 28 February 1945  | 23 May 1945  | 31 August 1945  | \-  | Scrapped in 1970
APL-47 | Puget Sound Shipbuilding | 17 October 1944  | 5 January 1945  | 1 June 1945  | \-  | Loaned to Turkey and redesignated TCG Y38, December 1972[3]
APL-48 | 8 November 1944  | 26 January 1945  | 26 July 1945  | \-  | Sold to commercial service, August 1958
APL-49 | 28 November 1944  | 28 May 1945  | 15 November 1945  | \-  | Transferred to the Thirteenth Naval District, 1961
APL-50 | 29 January 1945  | 26 July 1945  | 2 January 1946  | \-  | CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Norfolk
APL-51 | 15 May 1945  | Cancelled on 13 August 1945, completed as barge PACIFIC RIM
APL-52 | Cancelled on 13 August 1945

## See also

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

## External links

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

## Citations

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1. ^ a b c d "APL-2 Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
2. ^ a b "Barracks Ships and Barges (APB, APL)". shipbuildinghistory. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
3. ^ a b "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
4. ^ "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.