Barracks Ships and Barges ~ Shipbuilding History

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