The APL-41-class barracks ship was a class of barracks ships of the United States Navy after the Second World War, in the late 1940s.
Development Ten ships were built during World War II with 2 cancelled. Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the construction of tenders and repair ships in May 1943, it was then recommended by the Auxiliary Vessels Board on 11 June later that year, the construction of barracks ships.
The class consists of barges with a two-story barracks built on top instead of the a warehouse design, and they had an auxiliary vessel designation of "A". Moreover, on their top deck, 4 Oerlikon 20 mm cannons were placed together with 2 gun and their platforms on each side of the ship. The guns were later removed after being put into the reserve fleet in 1946.
In December 1972, APL-47 and APL-53 were loaned to Turkey. Since 2011, only 3 ships have been in service at Naval Station Norfolk.
Ships of class APL-41-class barracks shipNameBuildersLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFateAPL-41Willamette Iron and Steel2 September 194411 November 194424 March 1945 -Disposed on 17 May 1973APL-429 December 19446 February 19451 May 1945 -CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at NorfolkAPL-4313 December 194427 February 194531 May 1945 -Donated to Panama on 1 October 1993APL-4429 December 194430 April 194530 June 1945 -Transferred to the U.S. Army District Engineers, 30 April 1960APL-457 February 194512 May 194528 July 1945 -CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at NorfolkAPL-4628 February 194523 May 194531 August 1945 -Scrapped in 1970APL-47Puget Sound Shipbuilding17 October 19445 January 19451 June 1945 -Loaned to Turkey and redesignated TCG Y38, December 1972APL-488 November 194426 January 194526 July 1945 -Sold to commercial service, August 1958APL-4928 November 194428 May 194515 November 1945 -Transferred to the Thirteenth Naval District, 1961APL-5029 January 194526 July 19452 January 1946 -CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at NorfolkAPL-5115 May 1945Cancelled on 13 August 1945, completed as barge PACIFIC RIM APL-52Cancelled on 13 August 1945
See also Barracks ship List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy § Barracks Craft (APL)
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