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USAV Col. Harold B. Wright (FS-220)

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 a Design 427 Freight-Supply Vessel (FS-220), for the US Army at Higgins Industries, New Orleans LA.
  • Launched between October 1944 and January 1945
  • Delivered between October 1944 and January 1945 to the US Army Quartermaster Corps
  • Converted to an Auxiliary Aircraft Repair Ship at Mobile Air Tactical Command Brookley Field, Mobile, AL.
  • Commissioned, Col. Harold B. Wright (FS-220), date unknown
  • During World War II Col. Harold B. Wright (FS-220) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, date and location unknown
  • 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. Everett Davis
    300722001     		230k US Army Auxiliary Aircraft Repair Ship USAVCol. Harold B. Wright (FS-220) at anchor alongside USAV FS-319 in Manila Harbor, Philippines, 13 May 1946.
    US National Archives photo 111-SCA-Album 2926-072 US Army Signal Corps photo SC 243563 now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Vincent M. Solinap
    Col. Everett Davis
    300722002     		152k US Army Auxiliary Aircraft Repair Ship USAVCol. Harold B. Wright (FS-220) at anchor in Manila Harbor, Philippines, 21 May 1946.
    US National Archives photo 111-SCA-Album 2926-072 US Army Signal Corps photo SC 255484 now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Vincent M. Solinap
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