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USAV FS-53
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USAV FP-53


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-53, at Birchfield Shipbuilding, Tacoma, WA.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Delivered in 1943 to the US Army Quartermasters Corps.
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Corp and placed in commission as USAV FP-53 in 1943
  • USAV FP-53 was assigned to the U.S. Army Small Ships Section, U.S. Army Services of Supply (USASOS), Southwest-Pacific Area
  • Redesignated Freight-Supply Vessel USAV FS-53, date unknown
  • Decommissioned and retired by US Army, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 180 t.
    Length 99'
    Beam 21'
    Draft 11'
    Speed unknown
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion one 8-cyl diesel engine, 300hp
    single propeller
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