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Ares (FMS-788)

Floating Machine Shop:

Built in 1954 at Bethlehem Staten Island, Staten Island, N.Y.

Launched in 1954

Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corp in August 1954

Placed in service as FMS-788 in August 1954

Named Ares, date unknown

Placed out of service, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications
Displacement 1,160 t.
Length 210'
Beam unknown
Hull Depth unknown
Draft unknown
Fuel Capacity unknown
Potable Water unknown
Machinery unknown

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
3028878801	219k	Floating Machine Shop *FMS-788* moored pierside at Fort Eustis, VA., 13 May 1985, during the Army logistics exposition PROLOG'85. U.S. National Archives College Park Identifier 6385569 a U.S. Army photo by SSGT Arnold W. Kalmanson.		Robert Hurst
3028878802	173k	Side view of Floating Machine Shop *FMS-788* moored pierside at Fort Eustis, VA., 13 May 1985, during the Army logistics exposition PROLOG'85. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration NAID: 6385570, Local ID: 330-CFD-DA-SC-85-13291 a U.S. Army photo by SSGT Arnold W. Kalmanson.		John Spivey

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