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USAV Col. John D. Corkille (FS-206)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Aircraft Repair Ship
  • Laid down between October 1944 and January 1945 as Freight Supply Vessel (FS-206), at Higgins Industries, New Orleans LA.
  • Launched between October 1944 and January 1945
  • Delivered between October 1944 and January 1945 to the War Shipping Administration and allocated to the War Department
  • Converted to an Aircraft Repair Ship at Mobile Air Tactical Command Brookley Field, Mobile, AL.
  • Commissioned, Col. John D. Corkille, date unknown
  • During World War II Col. John D. Corkille was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, date and location unknown
  • Sold to the University of Rhode Island in 1962, renamed RV Trident
  • Placed out of service in 1976
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 575 t.
    Length 180'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines
    twin screws
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    Col. John D. Corkille 7k
    Namesake
    John Davis Corkille was an early US Army Air Corps. aviator who flew in WW1, the 1923 Bendix Air Races, the ill fated Martin Bomber flight to Alaska and was lead test pilot for the development of the B-17. He died in North Africa in 1943 of a heart attack.     		Tommy Trampp
    Col. John D. Corkille 85k Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island research vessel RV Trident underway, date and location unknown. David Smith
    Col. John D. Corkille
    300720603    		 100k Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island research vessel RV Trident underway gathering samples on the shelf off southern New England, date unknown. Robert Hurst
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