USS APc-15
| 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: |
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| Length: | 103 ft (31 m) |
| Beam: | 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| 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: | |
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]
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
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