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FS-267
AG-132 / AKL-3 Elba


USS Elba (AKL-3) previously served as USAT FS-267
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as FS-267 for the US Army at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, N.Y.
  • Delivered to the US Army Transportation Service (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 14 March 1947, at Apra, Guam
  • Commissioned, Miscellaneous Auxiliary, USS Elba (AG-132), 3 July 1947
  • Reclassified Light Cargo Ship, (AKL-3), 31 March 1949
  • Decommissioned, 27 July 1951
  • Transferred to the Interior Dept. (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 550 t.
    Length 177'
    Beam 33'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 42
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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