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USAV FS-527



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-527 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-527 for the US Army at Calumet Shipyard, Chicago. IL.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps between July and October 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commission USAV FS-527, 14 October 1944, at Chicago, IL., LT. Gil K. Phares, USCGR in command
  • USAV FS-527 was assigned to duty in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific areas during World War II including the Philippines
  • Decommissioned, date unknown, and turned over the the Government of the Philippines, reflagged Republic of the Philippines
  • Sold, date unknown, to Williams Lines Inc., Philippines, lengthened to 220 feet, increased tonnage to 648 and named MV Albert
  • Final Disposition, wrecked, broken up 1982
    Specifications:
    Displacement (As Built) 557 gross tons
    Length (As Built) 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-527
    300752701    		 93k The Williams Lines Inc. passenger-cargo ship MV Albert (ex-USAV FS-527) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Photo from The Philippines Herald, Sept. 21, 1956    		 Tommy Trampp
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