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USS Elba (AKL-3)
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 USS Elba (AG-132) (1947 - 1949)
 FS-267 (S-1111) (1944 - 1947)

FS-267 (S-1111) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Elba Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

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, circa 1944-45
  • FS-267 (S-1111) was assigned to the US Army Small Ship Section Southwest-Pacific Area during World War II
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 14 March 1947, at Apra, Guam
  • Commissioned, Miscellaneous Auxiliary, USS Elba (AG-132), 3 July 1947, LTjg. Glenn Rhys USN, in command
  • Reclassified Light Cargo Ship, (AKL-3), 31 March 1949
  • Decommissioned, 27 July 1951, at Apra, Guam, M.I.
  • Transferred to the Department of the Interior, 29 January 1952
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 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 propellers
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    FS-267 (S-1111)
    Elba 290k FS-267 (S-1111) at anchor, somewhere in the Pacific, date unknown.
    US National Archives photo and text from "U.S. Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II" by David H. Grover.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Elba (AG-132)
    Elba 577k USS Elba (AG-132) underway off Pearl Harbor channel, 11 December 1948.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog No. L45-83.03.01    		 Mike Green
    USS Elba (AKL-3)
    Elba 91k USS Elba (AKL-3) moored inboard of USS Camano (AKL-1) at the Reefer dock, Apra Harbor Guam M.I., 1 July 1951. Willard Adams
    Elba 71k Bow view of USS Elba (AKL-3) moored inboard of USS Camano (AKL-1) at the Reefer dock, Apra Harbor Guam M.I., 1 July 1951. Willard Adams
    USS Elba (AG-132 / AKL-3)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Rhys, Glen USN3 July 1947 - 3 March 1949
    02LTjg. Jackson, M.3 March 1949 -27 April 1950
    03LT. Biernat, Wladyslaw S.27 April 1950 - 27 July 1951
    Courtesy Willard Adams
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Commissioning/Decommissioning Ships' Log Entries Contributed by Willard Adams
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