USS_APL-2

USS <i>APL-2</i>

USS APL-2

Barracks ship of the United States Navy

USS APL-2 is the lead ship of the APL-2-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.

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Construction and career

The ship was laid down on 12 May 1944, by the Puget Sound Navy Yard and launched on 6 July 1944. She was commissioned on 25 May 1945.[1]

From 15 to 27 June 1945, she was towed by USS Sotoymo (ATA-121) from Seattle to Pearl Harbor. Between 4 and 22 July of that same year, she was towed by the same ship to Eniewetok.

She was put into the reserve fleet by January 1947.[2]

The ship undertook the CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program, in which she is berthed in San Diego since at least the early 2000s. She is being used as a berthing and messing barge.[3]

Awards

References

  1. [1]
    "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  2. [2]
    "APL-2 Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  3. [3]
    "APL 2". www.navysite.de. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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