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USAV FS-39
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USAV FP-39


Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Freight-Personnel / Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down in 1943, as Freight-Personnel Vessel FP-39, at Fairview Shipyard, South Bellingham, WA.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Delivered in January 1943 to the US Army Quartermasters Corps.
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corp and placed in commission as USAV FP-39 in January 1943
  • FP-39 served in Alaskan waters during World War II
  • Redesignated Freight-Supply Vessel USAV FS-39, date unknown
  • Decommissioned and retired by US Army, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 270 t.
    Length 107.6'
    Beam 27'
    Draft 14'
    Speed unknown
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two 6-cyl diesel engines, 640hp
    two propellers
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    FS-39
    300703901    		 88k USAV FP-39 grounded on Accatu Island which is part of the Near Islands in the western end of the Aleutian Islands, February 1944. John Doak
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