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APc-70

APc-70 was transferred to the United Kingdom

APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport

Laid down in 1943 at Hodgdon Bros. East Boothbay ME.

Launched, 1943

APc-70 never saw active service with the US Navy

Commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1944 as HMS-F27

Decommissioned by the Royal Navy, date unknown

Returned to US Naval custody in January 1947

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold in January 1947 to S/L Fiskernes Agnforsyning, Svolvær, Norway, named MV Georg Lorentzen

Final Disposition, grounded, 24 February 1949, at Storbaen north of Landegode while on a voyage from Bergen to Svolvaer with bait. 3 crewmen died.

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 Atlas 6HM2124 Diesel engine

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D. C. Ship's Service Generators