USS APc-21 was a United States Navy APc-1-class small coastal transport vessel in World War II. Laid down on 24 May 1942 as Coastal Minesweeper AMc-173 at Hodgdon Brothers, and Goudy and Stevens, East Boothbay, Maine, she was launched on 2 September 1942 and commissioned as APc-21 on 27 February 1943.[1]

Small Coastal Transport APc-1 class
History
United States
NameUSS APc-21
BuilderHodgdon Brothers, Goudy and Stevens, East Boothbay, Maine
Laid down24 May 1942, as a coastal minesweeper AMc-173
Launched2 September 1942
Commissioned27 February 1943, as APc-21
FateSunk, 17 December 1943
General characteristics
Class and typeAPc-1 class small coastal transport vessel
Displacement
  • 100 long tons (102 t) light
  • 234 long tons (238 t) full load
Length103 ft (31 m)
Beam21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)
Draft9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Propulsion
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement25 (3 officers, 22 enlisted)
Armament4 × single 20 mm AA gun mounts
Service record
Part of: Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet
Operations: Battle of Arawe

She sailed from Maine to Brisbane, Australia and served with the Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force in the South West Pacific Area conducting operations off the coast of New Guinea. She was participating in the landings during the battle of Arawe when struck by a bomb from an enemy air attack off Arawe, New Britain on 17 December 1943 and sank within four minutes.[1]

Wreck location: 6°14′57″S 149°0′53″E / 6.24917°S 149.01472°E / -6.24917; 149.01472[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "APc-21". Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  2. ^ wikimapia 2012.

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