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USS APc-103


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Bravo - Charlie
 NKBC
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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
APc-1 Class Small Coastal Transport
  • Laid down, 26 January 1943, at Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, CA.
  • Launched, 8 March 1943
  • Commissioned USS APc-103, 1 May 1943, LT. Richard J. Wissinger USNR in command
  • During World War II USS APc-103 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    APc Flotilla Five, LT. D. V. Horsburgh USNR;
     APc Group Fourteen LTjg. J. C. Dean USNR;
     APc Division Twenty-Eight
  • Following World War II USS APc-103 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 3 September to 3 December 1945
  • Final Disposition, 12 December 1945, burned at Buckner Bay, Okinawa
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1945
    Specifications:
    Displacement 100 t.(lt) 258 t.(fl)
    Length 103'
    Beam 21' 3"
    Draft 9' 3" (lim)
    Speed 10kts.
    Complement
    Officers 3
    Enlisted 22
    Troop Capacity 66
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 145 Bbls
    Armament
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion
    one Enterprise DMG-6 Diesel engine
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V. Ship's Service Generators
    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 and USS APc-98;
    Partial view of 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 available for APc-103 at NavSource
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Wissinger, Richard John, USNR1 May 1943 - 2 November 1943
    02LTjg. McCloy, Jesse Wilson, USNR2 November 1943 - 10 December 1944
    03LTjg. Fort, Leo Samuel, USNR10 December 1944 - June 1945
    04LTjg. George, Tom G., USNRJune 1945 - 9 October 1945
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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