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USAV FS-292


Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asatic-Pacfic Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down in 1944 as the Design 381 Freight-Supply Vessel FS-292 for the US Army at Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone, N.Y.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps August 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commission USAV FS-292, 21 August 1944, at New Orleans, LA.
  • USAV FS-292 was assigned to and operated in the Southwest Pacific area.
  • Decommissioned, date and location unknown
  • Transferred to the US Air Force, placed in service as USAF Ocean Range Vessel E-48-1836
  • Released from Air Force service in 1960
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 557 gross tons
    Length 177'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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    FS-292
    300729201    		 63k USAF Ocean Range Vessel E-48-1836 (Ex-USAV FS-292) moored pierside date and location unknown.
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