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USAV FS-312



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

USAV FS-312 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down, circa 1944, as the Design 381 Freight-Supply Vessel FS-312 for the US Army at John H. Mathis & Company, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in May 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commissioned USAV FS-312, 27 June 1944, at New York, N.Y., LT. E.L. Jennsen, USCGR, in command
  • FS-312 departed New York 20 August 1944 for Los Angeles, towing the QS-22
  • She was assigned to and operated in the Southwest Pacific area at Batangas, Philippines and elsewhere
  • Decommissioned 15 October 1945
  • Sold, date unknown, named MV City of Chechon, reflagged South Korea
  • 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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    300731201    		 207k Ex-USAV FS-312 anchored in a nest with two additional unidentified FS's several QS boats, and a J-boat alongside, 1946, probably inthe Philippines.
    Photo from www.flickr.com by U. S. Army Transportation Corp.    		 Tommy Trampp
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