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APc-53


APc-53 was transferred to the United Kingdom
APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Warren Boat Yard, Warren, R. I.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • APc-53 never saw active service with the US Navy
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1942
  • Decommissioned by the Royal Navy, date unknown
  • Returned to US Naval custody, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to unknown foreign nation, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 100 t.(lt) 234 t.(fl) 258 t.(lim)
    Length 103' 3"
    Beam 21' 3"
    Draft 9' 3"
    Speed 10kts.
    Complement
    3 officers
    22 enlisted
    Troop Capacity 66
    Largest Boom Capacity 2 t.
    Armament
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 145 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one General Motors 8-268A Diesel engine
    single Snow & Knobstedt Main Reduction Gears
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D. C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 300shp
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