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APL-2

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

APL-2 Class Non-self-propelled Barracks Ship:

Built by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA

Ordered, 07 October 1943

Laid down, 12 May 1944

Launched, 06 July 1944

Completed by Everett Pacific Shipbuilding, Everett, WA

Delivered and placed in service, 25 May 1945

Towed from Seattle to Pearl Harbor by ATA-121, 15-27 June 1945

Towed from Pearl Harbor to Eniewetok by ATA-121, 04-22 July 1945

At Eniwetok through at least October 1945

Current Disposition, APL-2 is part of the CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at "Mole" pier, NavSta San Diego, CA.

Specifications As Built:
Displacement 1,300 tons (lt), 2,660 tons (fl)
Length 260.0' waterline, 261.2' overall
Beam 49' 2"
Draft 8' 6"

Crew Accommodations

Officers 6

Enlisted 66

Troop Accommodations

Officers 0

Enlisted 583

Ship's Service Generators

three Diesel drive 100Kw 450 AC

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 1,000 Bbls

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
86k	*APL-2* moored at pier 7-C, Puget Sound Navy Yard, 10 January 1945. Puget Sound Navy Yard photo # 98-45.	Tracy White
97k	*APL-2* moored at pier 7-C, Puget Sound Navy Yard, 10 January 1945. Note, of four YOGs moored at the next pier including *YOG-76* and *YOG-77. Puget Sound Navy Yard photo # 99-45*.	Tracy White
72k	*APL-2* moored at the "mole" pier, Naval Station San Diego, CA, 09 February 2004	Bob Gregory, COMPACFLT N43 Berthing & Messing PMgr
46k	*APL-2* and *APL-15* moored at the "mole" pier, Naval Station San Diego, CA, 09 February 2004.	Bob Gregory, COMPACFLT N43 Berthing & Messing PMgr
509k	*APL-2* moored at Naval Station San Diego, CA, 09 August 2011.	Photo by Bob Gregory, Executive Support, COMPACFLT N43

There is no DANFS history available for APL-2 at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Last Updated 09 March 2016