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USAV Sandy Hook (FS-541)


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


Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down, 1889, as the passenger steamer SS Sandy Hook for the Central RR of New Jersey at Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington DE.
  • Launched in June 1889
  • Sandy Hooksuffered a fire in 1931 and was rebuilt
  • Acquired by the US Army Quartermaster Corps in 1943
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commission USAV Sandy Hook (FS-541) in 1944
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, wrecked and scrapped in September 1951
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,519 gross tons
    Length 270'
    Beam 37'
    Draft 14'
    Speed, unknown
    Passenger Capacity 2000
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two reciprocating setam engines, 200hp
    twin propellers

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    FS-541
    300754101
    43k SS Sandy Hook underway in New York Harbor while providing passenger service between New York City and the Jersey Shore, prior to 1931.
    Photo from Library of Congress
    John Spivey
    FS-541
    300754102
    65k SS Sandy Hook underway in New York Harbor while providing passenger service between New York City and the Jersey Shore, prior to 1931.
    Original Caption "Super Ship SS Sandy Hook, 1900. Built by the Central Railway of New Jersey for passenger service between NYC and the Jersey Shore. The 270 foot long steamship (with ballroom and dining salon) was wrecked in 1951."
    Photo from www.monmouthbeach.com
    John Spivey
    FS-541
    300754103
    45k Original Caption "SS Sandy Hook, 1930s. The 2,000 capacity passenger steamship was built by the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1889 for service between NYC and the Jersey Shore. It was scrapped in September 1951."
    Photo from www.monmouthbeach.com
    John Spivey
    FS-541
    300754104
    55k SS Sandy Hook ad, 1930s. John Spivey
    FS-541
    300754105
    63k Original Caption "SS Sandy Hook, 1930s. The Steamship was built in 1889 by the Central RR of New Jersey for passenger service between New York City and the Jersey Shore. After a fire in 1931 it was rebuilt and returned to service. It was sold $35,000 in scrap in 1951." John Spivey
    FS-541
    300754106
    113k Advertisement for Sandy Hook Steamer Trips John Spivey

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