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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

IX-306
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USAV Col. Francis T. Ziegler (FS-221)
USAV FS-221

Laid down, date unknown, at Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA. as a Design 427 Small Freighter (FS) for the US Army

Launched, date unknown

Delivered to the US Army and placed in commission as USAV FS-221, circa October 1944 - January 1945

Named USAV Col. Francis T. Ziegler (FS-221), date unknown

Deactivated by the US Army, date unknown

Acquired by the US Navy in January 1966 and converted for service as a Torpedo Research Ship

Placed in service as Miscellaneous Unclassified IX-306, assigned to Naval Underwater Systems Center, Newport, R.I.

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 30 November 1988

Final Disposition, disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 12 October 1989

Specifications:
Displacement 137 t.(lt) 823 t.(fl)
Length 179'
Beam 32'
Draft 10 ft. (max.)
Speed 12 kts.
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
FS-221 / Col. Francis T. Ziegler (FS-221)
094630606	261k	USAV FS-221, USAV FS-317 and USAV FS-176 moored pierside in the harbor at Manila, P.I,, circa 1946. US Nation Archives Album 111-SCA-Album 2922-036, US Army Signal Corps photo SC 249161	Vincent M. Salinap
	51k	USAV FS-221 passing upbound on St. Clair River, MI., 5 August 1950. Col. Francis T. Ziegler was assigned to the US Army Reserves while in service on the Great Lakes Bowling Green State University's Great Lakes vessels Online index	David Wright
094630607	92k	U.S. Army troops boarding USAV FS-221 Fort Eustis, VA. in 1959. Note tugs in the background. Tanker car on the pier and motor pool car parked near gangway on the pier. FLICKR - U.S Army Transportation Museum	John Spivey
	146k	USAV FS-221 moored at Fort Eustis, VA., circa early 1961.	Jim Pumphret
094630608	161k	Cadets from West Point and Midshipmen from Annapolis taking part in Operation CAMID-61 while aboard USAV FS-221 and USNS T-LST 664 moored at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA. Durnig CAMID-61 the Midshipmen and Cadets while take part in amphibious maneuvers at Little Creek.	John Spivey
IX-306
K-78235	1111k	*IX-306* [ex-*US Army Small Freighter Col. Francis T. Ziegler* (FS-221)] in service as a Torpedo Research Vessel assigned to the Naval Underwater Weapons Station, Newport. R.I, returns to the still water basin in Narragansett Bay in October 1969. Torpedo Retriever Boat 81** follows astern. US National Archives photo catalog #'s K-78235 and K-78232	David Wright
K-78232	1232k		David Wright
	191k	*IX-306* underway in Narragansett Bay, circa 1969. She was painted white with a blue bow. Note the torpedo tube opening on starboard side just aft of hull number.	Robert Hurst