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USAV FS-319

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USAV FS-319 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-319 for the US Army at John H. Mathis & Company, Camden, N.J.

Launched in 1944

Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in October 1944

Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps

Commissioned USAV FS-319, 27 October 1944, at Camden, N.J., LTjg. Sterling M. Anderson, USCG in command

USAV FS-319 departed New York on 11 December 1944 for the Southwest Pacific, where she operated during the war.

Decommissioned, date unknown

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
300722001	230k	USAV FS-319 alongside US Army Auxiliary Aircraft Repair Ship USAVCol. Col. Harold B. Wright (FS-220) at anchor in Manila Harbor, Philippines, 13 May 1046. 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

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