USS_APL-24

USS <i>APL-24</i>

USS APL-24

Barracks ship of the United States Navy

38.0773780°N 122.0977358°W / 38.0773780; -122.0977358

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USS APL-24 is an APL-17-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.

Construction and career

The ship was laid down on 24 July 1944, by the Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co. and launched on 26 September 1944. She was commissioned on 24 July 1945.[1]

She was decommissioned on 24 March 1947 and put into the reserve fleet.

The ship was transferred to MARAD on 23 May 1962, renamed as FB-62 and used as a headquarter ship in Suisun Bay, California.[2]

Awards

References

  1. [1]
    "Non Self-propelled Barracks Ship (APL)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  2. [2]
    "APL-2 Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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