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Renate (AKL-42)
ex
 USAV FS-547 (1944 - 1951)

US Army FS-547 Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


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-547 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II, later named Renate (AKL-42) and loaned to the Republic of Korea
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, as FS-547, for the US Army at United Concrete Pipe, Los Angeles. CA.
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in October 1944
  • Allocated to the the US Army Transportation Corps, commissioned USAV-547, 14 October 1944, at Los Angeles, CA., LT. E. M. Harrison, USCGR in command
  • USAV FS-547 was assigned to duty in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific areas during World War II, including the Philippines
  • Decommissioned, 27October 1945
  • Acquired by the US Navy , 12 December 1951
  • Named Renate (AKL-42), 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, scrapped in 1960
    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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    09144203    		 209k USAV FS-547 at anchor in Manila Bay, Philippines, 21 August 1946.
    US National Archives photo 111-SCA-Album 2926-044 US Army Signal Corps photo SC 255482 now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Vincent M. Solinap
    Renate
    09144202    		 291k USAV FS-547 at anchor in Manila Bay, Philippines, 27 August 1946.
    US National Archives photo 111-SCA-Album 2926-021 US Army Signal Corps photo SC 255494 now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Vincent M. Solinap
    Ex-Renate (AKL-42) in South Korean Service
    FS-547 186k Ex-Renate (AKL-42) in Republic of Korea service, circa 1951, location unknown.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 85689. Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1977    		 Mike Green
    Renate (AKL-42)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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