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USS APc-27

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Romeo - Foxtrot
NCRF

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport:

Originally planned as Coastal Minesweeper AMc-163

Laid down, 9 June 1942, at Fulton Ship Yard, Antioch, CA.

Launched, 1 July 1942

Commissioned USS APc-27, 5 December 1942, LTjg. P. C. Smith USNR in command

During World War II USS APc-27 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
New Georgia Group operation New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 1 July 1943

Following duty in the Southwest Pacific Area USS APc-27 was assigned to:
APc Flotilla Five, LT. G. D. Winsor USNR;
APc Group Thirteen, LT. D. V. Horsburgh, USNR;
APc Division Twenty-Five, LT Dennis Mann

Following World War II USS APc-27 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 3 September to 29 November 1945

Decommissioned, 1 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS APc-27 earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 100 t.(lt) 234 t.(fl) 258 t.(lim)
Length 103' 3"
Beam 21' 3"
Draft 9' 3"
Speed 10kts.

Complement

3 officers

22 enlisted

Troop Capacity 66

Largest Boom Capacity 2 t.

Armament

four single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 145 Bbls

Propulsion

one Exeter DMG-6 Diesel engine

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D. C. Ship's Service Generators

single propeller, 300shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	110k	USS APc-27 under way in Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH-81034. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.		US Naval History and Heritage Command

There is no history record for USS APc-27 available at Navsource.

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Smith, P. C., USNR	5 December 1942 - January 1944
02	LTjg. Olds, John R., USNR	January 1944 - July 1944
03	LTjg. Hirth Jr., Charles P., USNR	July 1944 - October 1944
04	ENS. Slive, Seymour, USNR	October 1944 - August 1945
05	ENS. Harris Jr., Virgil E., USNR	August 1945 - 21 November 1945
06	LTjg. Richards Jr., Milton W., USNR	21 November 1945 - 1 April 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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