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APL-21

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

APL-17 Class Non-self-propelled Barracks Ship:

Laid down, date unknown, at Tampa Marine, Tampa, FL.

Launched, date unknown

Delivered to the US Navy in November 1944 and placed in commission as USS APL-21

Decommissioned, date unknown

During the Vietnam War APL-21 was assigned Naval Support Activity, Saigon and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnamese Counteroffensive 25 December 1965 to 30 June 1966	Tet 69/Counteroffensive 23 February to 8 June 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 1 July 1966 to 31 May 1967	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 9 June to 31 October 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 1 June 1967 to 29 January 1968	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 1 November 1969 to 30 April 1970
Tet Counteroffensive 30 January to 1 April 1968	Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 May to 30 June 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 2 April to 30 June 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 1 July 1970 to 30 November 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 1 July to 1 November 1968	Consolidation I 1 July to 30 November 1971
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969	Consolidation II 1 December 1971 to 29 March 1972

Placed out of service and turned over to the South Vietnamese Navy, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,300 t.(lt), 2,600 t.(fl)
Length 261'
Beam 49'
Draft 8' 6" (lim)
Complement

Officers 5

Enlisted 66
Accommodation

Officers 6

Enlisted 583

Armament

As Built

none

Vietnam

four .50 cal. machine guns

two 80MM mortars

four 30 cal machine guns on all corners of the 02 deck
Ship's Service Generators

three Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
Fuel Capacity

Diesel 1,000 Bbls

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
631k	*APL-21* alongside *USS Tutuila* (ARG-4)** while tending PCFs circa 1969-1972 probably at An Thoi, South Vietnam, where she supported the continuation of "Market Time," as well as "Seafloat" and "Sealord" operations.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
271k	*APL-21* anchored at An Thoi, Vietnam in 1969.	William P. Jones, M.D. Medical Officer, USS Niagara Falls
154k	*APL-30* and *APL-21*, at Nha Be, Republic of Vietnam, 1971.	© Richard Leonhardt
19k	*APL-21*, date and place unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII web site
102k	*APL-21*, at Nha Be, Republic of Vietnam, 1972	© Richard Leonhardt
108k	*APL-21*, at Nha Be, Republic of Vietnam, 1972	© Richard Leonhardt
119k	*APL-21*, at Nha Be, Republic of Vietnam, 1972, Note fixed rudder welded to bow.	© Richard Leonhardt

There is no DANFS History currently available for APL-21 at NavSource

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Mobile Riverine Force Association

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