USS APc-15

USS APc-15 was a United States Navy APc-1-class small coastal transport vessel in World War II. Laid down on 29 April 1942 as Coastal Minesweeper AMc-155 at Camden Ship Building and Marineway, Camden, Maine, she was launched on 9 July 1942 and commissioned as APc-25 on 27 October 1942.[1]

Small Coastal Transport APc-1 class
History
United States
Name: USS APc-15
Builder: Camden Ship Building and Marineway, Camden, Maine
Laid down: 29 April 1942, as a coastal minesweeper AMc-155
Launched: 9 July 1942
Commissioned: 27 October 1942, as APc-15
Fate: Sold, 13 January 1947
History
Canada
Name: Gulf Trader (1947)
La Belle (1948)
Black Trader (1963)
Owner: Vancouver Tug Boat Co (-1960)
Identification: 179077
Fate: Sank in 1998
General characteristics
Class and type: APc-1 class small coastal transport vessel
Displacement:
  • 100 long tons (102 t) light
  • 234 long tons (238 t) full load
Length: 103 ft (31 m)
Beam: 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)
Draft: 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 25 (3 officers, 22 enlisted)
Armament: 4 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts
Service record
Part of: Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet
Operations: Landing at Scarlet Beach
Battle of Arawe

She served with the Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force in the South West Pacific Area conducting operations off the coast of New Guinea.[1] She took part in the Bismarck Archipelago Operations around Arawe, New Britain between 17-18 and 25-26 December 1943.

Fate

She sank in 1998 at Deas Slough near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

References

  1. "APc-15". Retrieved March 24, 2016.

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