USS APc-15

	USS APc-15
History
United States
Name	USS APc-15
Builder	Camden Ship Building and Marineway, Camden, Maine
Laid down	29 April 1942, as a coastal minesweeper AMc-155
Launched	9 July 1942
Commissioned	27 October 1942, as APc-15
Fate	Sold, 13 January 1947
Canada
Name	Gulf Trader (1947); La Belle (1948); Black Trader (1963);
Owner	Vancouver Tug Boat Co (-1960)
Identification	179077
Fate	Sank in 1998
General characteristics
Class & type	APc-1 class small coastal transport vessel
Displacement	100 long tons (102 t) light; 234 long tons (238 t) full load;
Length	103 ft (31 m)
Beam	21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)
Draft	9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Propulsion	1 × 400 shp (298 kW) Atlas 6HM2124 diesel engine; 1 × shaft;
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	25 (3 officers, 22 enlisted)
Armament	4 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts
Service record
Part of	Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet
Operations	Landing at Scarlet Beach; Battle of Arawe;

USS APc-15 was a United States Navy APc-1-class small coastal transport vessel in World War II. Laid down on 29 April 1942 as Coastal Minesweeper AMc-155 at Camden Ship Building and Marineway, Camden, Maine, she was launched on 9 July 1942 and commissioned as APc-25 on 27 October 1942.^[1]

NameUSS APc-15

BuilderCamden Ship Building and Marineway, Camden, Maine

Laid down29 April 1942, as a coastal minesweeper AMc-155

Launched9 July 1942

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She served with the Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force in the South West Pacific Area conducting operations off the coast of New Guinea.^[1] She took part in the Bismarck Archipelago Operations around Arawe, New Britain between 17-18 and 25-26 December 1943.

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