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USAV Cavanaugh (FB-543)
ex
 USACE Helene (1940-1942)


Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Ferryboat
  • Built in 1930-31 as the diesel Yacht Helene at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME.
  • Launched, 18 April 1931
  • Delivered to her owners in 1931
  • Renamed Cavanaugh circa 1940
  • Acquired by the War Shipping Administration, circa 1940
  • Assigned to the War Department, US Army Quartermasters Corps
  • Allocated to the US Army Corps of Engineers in the Panama Canal Zone as USACE Helene
  • Renamed USAV Cavanaugh in 1942
  • Retired from US Army service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 406 gross tons
    Length 133'
    Beam 25'
    Draft 13'
    Speed unknown
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    two 8-cyl diesel engines, 800hp
    twin propellers
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    FB-543
    300754301    		 53k Yacht Helene, launching, 18 April 1931 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME.
    © C. Sorensen, wrecksite.eu    		 John Spivey
    FB-543
    300754304    		 521k US Army Corp of Engneers Survey and Inspection Vessel USACE Helene tied up in the Panama Canal Zone in 1940.
    Photo from an album belonging to Stanley "Scotty" G. McInnes US Army Coast Artillery Corps    		 Jason Longo
    FB-543
    300754302    		 70k Yacht Cavanaugh underway, date and location unknown
    Vancouver Maritime Museum    		 John Spivey
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