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USS APc-98


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Zulu - Victor
 NKZV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport
  • Laid down, 5 January 1943, by Noank Ship Building, Noank, CT.
  • Launched, 18 September 1943
  • Commissioned USS APc-98, 14 December 1943, LTjg. Gordon D. Winsor USNR in command
  • During World War II USS APc-98 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    APc Flotilla Five, LT. D. V. Horsburgh USNR;
     APc Group Fifteen
     APc Division Thirty
  • Decommissioned, 24 January 1946 at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 7 February 1946
  • Transferred to th Maritime Administration (MARAD) in 1947
  • Sold, 7 November 1947, to Hugh Allen Rideout, San Jose, CA. for use as a fishing boat, named FV E. V. Rideout
  • Final Disposition, burned, 19 January 1950 in the Gulf of Nicoya off the Coast of Costa Rica
    Specifications:
    Displacement 100 t.(lt) 258 t.(fl)
    Length 103' 3"
    Beam 21' 3"
    Draft 9' 3"
    Speed 10kts.
    Complement
    Officers 3
    Enlisted 22
    Troop Capacity 66
    Largest Boom Capacity 2 t.
    Armament
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity 145 Bbls.
    Propulsion
    one General Motors 8-268A Diesel engine
    Ship's service generators
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 400shp
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    ABSD-6
    09670607    		 647k USS ABSD-6 in Apria Harbor, Guan, October 1945 with (from back to front):
    YMS-357 and SC-1041;
    USS LSM-163;
    USS APc-103;
    USS APc-98;
    USS Spear (AM-322) an unidentified patrol craft aand USS Staff (AM-114) (not showning) in her dock.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Johnson for CDR. Robert Haven USNR
    There is no history currently available for USS APc-98 at NavSource
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Winsor, Gordon Dow, USNR14 December 1943 - 2 December 1944
    02LTjg. McDowell, Lyle H., USNR2 December 1944 - September 1945
    03LTjg. Davis III, James D., USNRSeptember 1945 - January 1946
    04LTjg. Walsh, Robert Edward, USNRJanuary 1946 - 24 January 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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