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IX-147 / AVS-1 Supply

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal 9with Asia clasp)

Supply Class Aviation Stores Issue Ship:

Built in 1921 as MS Ward, by Doulett and Williams, New Orleans, LA.

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 5 February 1944 at Pearl Harbor, T.H.

Converted for Naval service as an Aviation Supply Issue Ship

Commissioned USS Supply (IX-147), 8 February 1944

Redesignated Aviation Supply Ship (AVS-1), 25 May 1944

Decommissioned, 4 February 1946 and returned to the War Shipping Administration

Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Supply earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 13,260 (fl.)
Length 411'9"
Beam 55'
Draft 27' 2"
Speed 11.8 kts.
Complement 167
Armament one 4" gun mount, one 3" gun mount, 8 20mm guns
Propulsion diesel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	34k	Supply (AVS-1) underway, date and place unknown.		USS Supply (AOE-6) web site

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