USS APL-2 explained

USS APL-2 is the lead ship of the APL-2-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.

Construction and career

The ship was laid down on 12 May 1944, by the Puget Sound Navy Yard and launched on 6 July 1944. She was commissioned on 25 May 1945.^[1]

From 15 to 27 June 1945, she was towed by USS Sotoymo (ATA-121) from Seattle to Pearl Harbor. Between 4 and 22 July of that same year, she was towed by the same ship to Eniewetok.

She was put into the reserve fleet by January 1947.^[2]

The ship undertook the CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program, in which she is berthed in San Diego since at least the early 2000s. She is being used as a berthing and messing barge.^[3]

Awards

• American Campaign Medal
  • • Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Philippines Liberation Medal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL). 2021-12-16. www.navsource.org.
2. Web site: APL-2 Class. 2021-12-16. www.shipscribe.com.
3. Web site: APL 2. 2021-12-16. www.navysite.de.