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USAV F-8



Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Small Freighter
  • Laid down in 1943, as the US Army Design 216 Freight Vessel F-8, at Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Delivered in August 1943 to the US Army Quartermaster Corps.
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corp and placed in commission as USAV F-8, date unknown
  • USAV F-8 was assigned to the U.S. Army Small Ships Section, U.S. Army Services of Supply (USASOS), Southwest-Pacific Area
  • Decommissioned and retired by US Army, date unknown
  • Sold, date unknown to private Philippines concern, named M/V Dona Rosario
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 180 t.
    Length 99.25'
    Beam 21'
    Draft 10.5'
    Speed unknown
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion one 5-cyl diesel engine, 300hp
    one propeller
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