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US Army FSs / US Navy AKLs were originally configured in four different designs:
Design 330-D (officially Vessel, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 180')
Design 342 (officially, Vessel, Passenger-Cargo, Diesel, Wood, 148').
Design 381 (officially Vessel, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 177')
Design 427 (officially Vessel, Supply, Aircraft Repair, Diesel, Steel, 180')
Click on ship name to view image(s) and DANFS history.
Light Cargo Ship (AKL) Design
AKL-1 Camano ex US Army FS-256 ex US Navy AG-130

381
AKL-2 Deal ex US Army FS-263 ex US Navy AG-131

381
AKL-3 Elba ex US Army FS-267 ex US Navy AG-132

381
AKL-4 Errol ex US Army FS-274 ex US Navy AG-133

381
AKL-5 Estero ex US Army FS-275 ex US Navy AG-134

381
AKL-6 Jekyl ex US Army FS-282 ex US Navy AG-135

381
AKL-7 Metomkin ex US Army FS-316 ex US Navy AG-136

381
AKL-8 Roque ex US Army FS-347 ex US Navy AG-137

381
AKL-9 Ryer ex US Army FS-361 ex US Navy AG-138

381
AKL-10 Sharps ex US Army FS-385 ex US Navy AG-139

381
AKL-11 Torry ex US Army FS-394 ex US Navy AG-140

381
AKL-12 Mark ex US Army FS-214 ex US Navy AG-143

427
T-AKL-13 Tingles ex US Army FS-266 ex US Navy AG-144

381
AKL-14 Hewell ex US Army FS-391 ex US Navy AG-145

381
AKL-15 ex US Army FS-230
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 573
*Built by Higgins Industries New Orleans, LA.
*Delivered to the US Army circa 1944-45
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1959

330D
T-AKL-16 ex US Army FS-233

330D
AKL-17 New Bedford ex US Army FS-289, Reclassified IX-308

381
AKL-18 ex US Army FS-174
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 573
*Built by Higgins Industries New Orleans, LA.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1959

330D
AKL-19 ex US Army FS-175
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 573
*Built by Higgins Industries New Orleans, LA.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1959

330D
T-AKL-20 ex US Army FS-193
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 573
*Built by Higgins Industries New Orleans, LA.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944-45
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1961

330DD
AKL-21 ex US Army FS-259
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 560
*Built by Wheeler Shipbuilding Whitestone, N.Y.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1959

381
AKL-22 ex US Army FS-256
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 560
*Built by Wheeler Shipbuilding Whitestone, N.Y.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1961

381
AKL-23 ex US Army FS-288

381
AKL-24 ex US Army FS-309
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 560
*Built by John H. Mathis, Camden, N.J.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1959

381
AKL-25 Banner ex US Army FS-345, Reclassified AGER-1

381
AKL-26 ex US Army FS-368
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 560
*Built by Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1959

381
T-AKL-27 ex US Army FS-369
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 560
*Built by Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1966
Used for salvage training

381
AKL-28 Brule ex US Army FS-370

381
AKL-29 ex US Army FS-371

381
AKL-30 ex US Army FS
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 560 *Delivered to the US Army 1944
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1961

381
T-AKL-31 ex US Army FS-407

381
AKL-32 ex US Army FS-548
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 560
*Built by United Boat Service, City Island, N.Y.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register in 1961

381
AKL-33 ex US Army FS-238
*Wooden Hull, Gross Tons 540
*Built by Martinolich Repair, San Francisco, CA.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944-45
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

343
AKL-34 ex US Army FS-343
AKL-35 ex US Army FS-383
AKL-36 ex US Army FS-398
AKL-37 Alcyone ex US Army FS-195

330D
AKL-38 Alhena ex US Army FS-257

381
AKL-39 Almaack ex US Army FS-283

381
AKL-40 Deimos ex US Army FS-390

381
AKL-41 ex US Army FS-528
*Steel Hull, Gross Tons 560
*Built by Calumet Shipyard, Chicago, IL.
*Delivered to the US Army 1944
*Transferred from USAT to MSTS, 1 July 1950
*Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
*Transfered to the Republic of Korea 1960

381
AKL-42 Renate ex US Army FS-547

381
AKL-43 ex US Army FS-219

427
AKL-44 Pueblo ex US Army FS-344, Reclassified AGER-2

381
AKL-45 Palm Beach ex US Army FS-217, Reclassified AGER-3

427
T-AKL-398 Redbud

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