Benewah-class barracks ship

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USS Benewah
Class overview
NameBenewah class
Builders
Operators
Built1943-1946
In commission1944-1971
Planned16
Completed16
Active
  • 2, military service
  • 2, commercial service
Laid up1
Retired13
General characteristics
Type Barracks ship
Displacement4,000 long tons (4,064 t)
Length328  ft (100  m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 or 6 x LCVPs
Capacity2,975 Bbls (diesel)
Troops26 officers, 1200 enlisted men
Complement12 officers, 129 enlisted men
Armament

The Benewah-class barracks ship was a class of barracks ships of the United States Navy after the Second World War, in the late 1940s. [1]

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Development

Thirteen ships were converted into repair ships throughout the later stages of World War II. The ships were converted from the LST-1 and LST-542 classes. After the war, a few ships were then sold to the Philippines and Indonesia.

The ship's hulls remained nearly the same but with new equipment to carry out their purpose were placed on deck alongside several cranes. The ships' armament was slightly changed and relocated to make way for the ships' equipment. All ships served in the Pacific Theater until the end of the war with no ships lost in combat.

APL-40 (ex-USS Nueces) is still active to this day, serving as a transport and berthing vessel for the United States Navy in Yokosuka. APL-39 (ex-USS Mercer) also now berthed in Sasebo.

Ships of class

Benewah-class repair ship [2]
Pennant numberNameCallsignBuildersLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
APB-35 Benewah NUIX Boston Navy Yard 6 May 19459 March 194626 February 1971Sold to Philippines and renamed RPS Tulungan (AH-3), sunk as artificial reef in 1975
APB-36 Colleton NUIN30 July 194528 January 196715 December 1969Scrapped on 6 January 1973
APB-37 Echols NUIZ30 July 1945n/aSold to Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), in active service since mid-2000s
APB-38 Marlboro -17 November 194418 August 19455 May 1947Scrapped
APB-39 Mercer NUIQ17 November 194419 September 19457 January 1970Part of the CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Sasebo, Japan
APB-40 Nueces NUIR6 May 194530 November 194513 March 1970Part of the CincPacFlt Berthing and Messing Program and is berthed at Yokosuka, Japan
APB-41 Wythe NEWW Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. 9 June 194430 June 194429 May 1947Scrapped on 10 September 1959
APB-42 Yavapai NFKT American Bridge & Machine Co. 6 June 194430 June 19443 December 1946Scrapped on 11 September 1959
APB-43 Yolo NFLE16 June 19443 July 19449 August 1946Scrapped on 6 February 1960
APB-44 Presque Isle NFLK16 June 194419 July 194418 April 1947Sold to Indonesia and renamed KRI Teluk Ratai (LST-509), decommissioned and laid up
APB-45 Blackford NBCKMissouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.9 April 19459 June 194526 April 1947Sold to merchant service, suck as artificial reef between 1968 and 1970
APB-46 Dorchester NBCY12 April 194515 June 194516 October 1946Sold to merchant service, in active service since 1 August 1974
APB-47 Kingman NBDB17 April 194517 April 194515 January 1947Scrapped on 19 November 1980
APB-48 Vanderburgh NBFT20 April 19453 July 194517 January 1947Scrapped on 12 November 1972
APB-49 Accomac NFRR Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. 28 June 194424 July 19449 August 1946Scrapped on 7 December 1959
APB-50 Cameron NKBB Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard 5 July 194430 July 194413 December 1946Sold to merchant service, fate unknown

Citations

  1. ↑ "Benewah (APB-35) Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "NavSource Sef-propelled Barracks Ship Photo Archive". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

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