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Alhena (AKL-38)
ex
 USAV FS-257 (1945 - 1951)



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

USAV FS-257 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II, later named Alhena (AKL-38) and loaned to the Republic of Korea
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1944 as the Design 381 Freight-Supply Vessel FS-257 for the US Army at Wheeler Shipbuilding. Whitestone. N.Y.
  • Launched, circa 1944-45
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps between April and June 1944
  • Allocated to the US Army Transport ion Corps, commissioned, USAV FS-257, 24 June 1944, at New York, LT G.P. Hammond, USCG in command
  • USAV FS-257 departed New York, 26 July 1944 outbound to for the Southwest Pacific area were she operated including Leyte
  • LT. Hammond was succeeded by LTjg. S.N. Harstook, USCGR, date unknown
  • LTjg. Harstook was succeeded by LTjg. William F. Moffatt, USCG, 9 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 12 December 1951
  • Named Alhena (AKL-38), and loaned to the Republic of Korea that same day
  • Returned to US Naval custody in January 1960
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in June 1960 to Hong Kong Rolling Mills, Ltd.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 550 t.
    Length 177'
    Beam 33'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 42
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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    USAV FS-257
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    09143802    		 574k USAV FS-257 pierside at Manila, P.I., 21 August 1946.
    US National Archives 111-SCA- Album-2726-062, US Army Signal Corps. Photo # SC255473.    		 Vincent M. Solinap
    Ex-Alhena (AKL-38) in South Korean Service
    Alhena 179k Alhena (AKL-38) while in Korean Naval service, moored, circa 1951, location unknown.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 84180    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Alhena (AKL-38)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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