Barracks Ships and Barges

(APB, APL)

Most recent update: August 5, 2020.

As the names imply, Barracks Ships (APB) were self-propelled and Barracks Barges (APL) were not. The standard APB design was based on an LST, while the standard APL design was based on a YF. The APB numbers start at 35 because the first six were initially designated APLs 35 through 40. There is some uncertainty as to the final disposition of some of these vessels, although it's hard to imagine losing track of anything as large or as distinctive.

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Name Builder Location LDT LOA Delivered Notes
Barracks Ships (APB)
APB-35 Benawah Boston NSY Charlestown MA 2,190 328 9 Mar 1946 ex-APL-35, to the Philippines 1974, reefed 1975
APB-36 Colleton Boston NSY Charlestown MA 2,190 328 27 Sep 1946 ex-APL-36, scrapped 1973
APB-37 Echols Boston NSY Charlestown MA 2,190 328 1 Jan 1947 ex-APL-37, sold 2003
APB-38 Marlboro Boston NSY Charlestown MA 2,190 328 18 Aug 1945 ex-APL-38, scrapped 1963
APB-39 Mercer Boston NSY Charlestown MA 2,190 328 18 Sep 1945 ex-APL-39
APB-40 Nueces Boston NSY Charlestown MA 2,190 328 29 Nov 1945 ex-APL-40
APB-41 Wythe Mo. Valley Bridge Evansville IN 2,190 328 24 Jun 1944 ex-LST-575, scrapped 1959
APB-42 Yavapai American Bridge Ambridge PA 2,190 328 20 Jun 1944 ex-LST-676
APB-43 Yolo American Bridge Ambridge PA 2,190 328 30 Jun 1944 ex-LST-677, scrapped 1960
APB-44 Presque Isle American Bridge Ambridge PA 2,190 328 30 Jun 1944 ex-LST-678, to Indonesia 1959 as Teluk Tatai (LST-509), scrapped 2011
APB-45 Blackford Mo. Valley Bridge Evansville IN 2,190 328 May 1945 ex-LST-1111, ex-AKS-16, sold 1960, sunk as target in South Africa 1970
APB-46 Dorchester Mo. Valley Bridge Evansville IN 2,190 328 June 1945 ex-LST-1112, ex-AKS-17, sold 1974 as Pacific Pride, Alaska Packer 2002
APB-47 Kingman Mo. Valley Bridge Evansville IN 2,190 328 June 1945 ex-LST-1113, ex-AKS-18, sold 1980
APB-48 Vanderburgh Mo. Valley Bridge Evansville IN 2,190 328 June 1945 ex-LST-1114, ex-AKS-19, scrapped 1972
APB-49 Accomac Jeffboat Jeffersonville IN 2,190 328 July 1944 ex-LST-710, scrapped 1959
APB-50 Cameron Bethlehem Steel Hingham MA 2,190 328 July 1944 ex-LST-928, sold 1959
APB-51 DuPage Oregon SB Portland OR 4,023 441 9 Jan 1943 ex-John W. Weeks, acquired 1953, scrapped 1959
Barracks Barges (APL)
APL-1 Amerika Harland & Wolff Belfast (U.K.) assigned as APL-1 but never commissioned
APL-2 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 1,300 261 25 May 1945
APL-3 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 1,300 261 30 Jul 1945 scrapped 1974
APL-4 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 1,300 261 21 Sep 1945
APL-5 Puget Sound NSY Bremerton WA 1,300 261 5 Nov 1945
APL-8 Nashville Bridge Nashville TN 1,300 261 6 Oct 1944 scrapped 1974
APL-9 Nashville Bridge Nashville TN 1,300 261 24 Nov 1944 scrapped 1974
APL-10 "Casa Marina" Nashville Bridge Nashville TN 1,300 261 6 Jan 1945 scrapped 1974
APL-11 "New Yorker" Boston NSY Charlestown MA 1,300 261 10 Oct 1944 sunk as target 1973
APL-12 "Biltmore" Boston NSY Charlestown MA 1,300 261 24 Sep 1944
APL-13 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 1,300 261 20 Nov 1944
APL-14 "Ritz-Carlton" Nashville Bridge Nashville TN 1,300 261 29 Jun 1944 ex-YF-608, grounded in Okinawa 1945 and abandoned
APL-15 Nashville Bridge Nashville TN 1,300 261 22 Jul 1944 ex-YF-609
APL-16
APL-17 Tampa Shipbuilding Tampa FL 1,300 261 20 Sep 1944 ex-YF-628, sold 1971
APL-18 "Astor" Tampa Shipbuilding Tampa FL 1,300 261 29 Sep 1944 ex-YF-629
APL-19 Tampa Shipbuilding Tampa FL 1,300 261 14 Oct 1944 ex-YF-630, sunk as target 2002
APL-20 Tampa Shipbuilding Tampa FL 1,300 261 2 Nov 1944 ex-YF-631, Northern Shell, Northern Alaska, scrapped 1974
APL-21 Tampa Shipbuilding Tampa FL 1,300 261 16 Feb 1945 ex-YF-632, sold 1973
APL-22 Tampa Shipbuilding Tampa FL 1,300 261 24 Mar 1945 ex-YF-633, Foss 251, Afognak
APL-23 Pollock Stockton Stockton CA 1,300 261 1945 scrapped 1974
APL-24 Pollock Stockton Stockton CA 1,300 261 24 Jul 1945 to MARAD 1962 as NDRF HQ barge
APL-25 Pollock Stockton Stockton CA 1,300 261 1945 scrapped 1973
APL-26 "Green Apple" Pollock Stockton Stockton CA 1,300 261 18 Jan 1946 to Vietnam 1971 as HQ-9050
APL-27 Tampa Shipbuilding Tampa FL 1,300 261 9 Apr 1945 to Vietnam 1971 as HQ-9051
APL-28 Tampa Shipbuilding Tampa FL 1,300 261 30 Apr 1945 sold 1960
APL-29 Tampa Shipbuilding Tampa FL 1,300 261 14 May 1945
APL-30 Everett-Pacific Everett WA 1,300 261 11 Apr 1945 scrapped 1975
APL-31 "Happy Acres" Everett-Pacific Everett WA 1,300 261 14 Jun 1945 reefed off NJ 2001
APL-32 "Statler" Boston NSY Charlestown MA 1,300 261 17 Jan 1945
APL-33 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 1,300 261 5 Apr 1945
APL-34 Boston NSY Charlestown MA 1,300 261 15 May 1945 sold 2004
APL-35 Benawah reclassified APB-35
APL-36 Colleton reclassified APB-36
APL-37 Echols reclassified APB-37
APL-38 Marlboro reclassified APB-38
APL-39 Mercer reclassified APB-39
APL-40 Nueces reclassified APB-40
APL-41 "Waldorf-Astoria" Willamette I & S Portland OR 1,300 261 24 Mar 1945 scrapped 1973
APL-42 Willamette I & S Portland OR 1,300 261 30 Apr 1945
APL-43 Willamette I & S Portland OR 1,300 261 31 May 1945 to Panama 1993
APL-44 Willamette I & S Portland OR 1,300 261 28 Jul 1945 sold 1992
APL-45 Willamette I & S Portland OR 1,300 261 1 Jul 1945
APL-46 Willamette I & S Portland OR 1,300 261 1945 left in Vietnam
APL-47 Puget Sound Bridge Seattle WA 1,300 261 1945 to Turkey 1987
APL-48 Puget Sound Bridge Seattle WA 1,300 261 1945
APL-49 Puget Sound Bridge Seattle WA 1,300 261 1945
APL-50 Puget Sound Bridge Seattle WA 1,300 261 2 Jan 1946
APL-53 Tampa SB Tampa FL 1,300 261 1945 to Turkey 1974 as Binbasi Metin Sulus (Y-1205)
APL-54 Tampa SB Tampa FL 1,300 261 1 Jun 1945 sold 2001
APL-55 Tampa SB Tampa FL 1,300 261 1945 later YRBM-18, to Vietnam 1972
APL-56 Tampa SB Tampa FL 1,300 261 1945 to US Army 1960
APL-57 Nashville Bridge Nashville TN 1,300 261 19 May 1945 sold 2001
APL-58 Nashville Bridge Nashville TN 1,300 261 16 Jul 1945
APL-59 Dravo Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 1,780 July 1954 ex-LST-53, to Korea 1955 as Chang Su (LST-811)
APL-60 Bargeman Dredge & Marine 300 1 May 1977 Pursuivant 1983, scrapped 1997
APL-61 Halter Port Bienville Pearlington MS 360 17 Oct 1997
APL-62 Halter Port Bienville Pearlington MS 360 26 Mar 1998
APL-65 Marinette Marine Marinette WI 2,647 269 6 Dec 2000
APL-66 Marinette Marine Marinette WI 2,647 269 17 Nov 2000
APL(S)-67 VT Halter Marine Pascagoula MS 269 2020
APL(S)-68 VT Halter Marine Pascagoula MS 269 2020
APL(S)-69 VT Halter Marine Pascagoula MS 269 2021
APL(S)-70 VT Halter Marine Pascagoula MS 269 2021
APL(S)-71 VT Halter Marine Pascagoula MS 269 2022 option
APL(S)-72 VT Halter Marine Pascagoula MS 269 2022 option

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