USS APL-4

USS APL-4 is an APL-2-class barracks ship of the United States Navy.

USS APL-4
History
United States
Name	APL-4
Ordered	7 October 1943
Builder	Puget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down	27 May 1944
Launched	3 August 1944
Commissioned	21 September 1945
Decommissioned	January 1947
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	Hull number: APL-4
Status	Berthed in San Diego
General characteristics
Class and type	APL-2-class barracks ship
Displacement	1,300 t (1,279 long tons) (standard) 2,660 t (2,618 long tons) (full load)
Length	260 ft 0 in (79.25 m)
Beam	49 ft 2 in (14.99 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	100kW 450 AC
Propulsion	3 × Diesel generators
Capacity	0 officers 583 enlisted 1,000 Bbls (Diesel)
Complement	6 officers 66 enlisted

Construction and career

The ship was laid down on 31 May 1944, by the Puget Sound Navy Yard and launched on 3 August 1944. She was commissioned on 21 September 1945.^[1]

She was put into the reserve fleet by January 1947.

The ship undertook the CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program, in which she is berthed in San Diego since at least the early 2000s. She is being used as a berthing and messing barge.^[2]