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USAV FS-22
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USAV FP-22


Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal


Freight-Personnel / Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Built in 1934 at Olson & Sunde Marine Works, Seattle, WA. as the fishing boat Sunde
  • Launched in 1934
  • Owned by Egill Eriksen, Seattle WA. from 1934 to 1935
  • Acquired in 1941 by the US Army Quartermasters Corps
  • Assigned in 1941 to the US Army Transportation Corp and placed in commission as USAV FP-22, date unknown
  • Redesignated Freight-Supply Vessel USAV FS-22, date unknown
  • Decommissioned and retired by US Army circa 1945
  • Purchased, date unknown, converted to fishing vessel and named Sunde
  • Final Disposition, 3 November 1973 Sunde was stranded and lost in Shellikof Strait, SK., while fighting heavy seas. All three crewmembers were rescued by US Coast Guard helicopter.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 99 t.
    Length 73'
    Beam 19'
    Draft 0'
    Speed unknown
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    one 180hp diesel engine
    single propeller

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