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USAV Daisy Gadsby (FS-538)

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

Freight-Supply Vessel

Laid down, 1910-11, as the small wood cargo ship SS Daisy Gadsby for S.S. Freeman Lumber Co., Alameda, CA. at Matthews Shipbuilding, Hoquiam, WA.

Launched in 1911

Delivered to S.S. Freeman & Co. in 1911

Acquired by the US Army Quartermaster Corps in 1944

Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps

Commission USAV Daisy Gadsby (FS-538) in 1944

Decommissioned and deleted 1953

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 818 gross tons
Length 189'5"
Beam 42'
Draft 14'3"
Speed 12 kts
Freight Capacity unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown

Propulsion one 550 hp reciprocating steam engine

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
300753801	130k	*Daisy Gadsby, moored pierside, date and location unknown. "U.S. Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II“, By David Glover, p 81. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. ISBN 0-87021-766-6.*		John Spivey

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