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FS-282
AG-135 / AKL-6 Jekyl


USS Jekyl (AKL-6) previously served as USAT FS-282

National Defense Service Medal
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 1944, at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, N.Y.
  • Delivered to the US Army, as Coastal Freighter FS-282, (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 22 February 1947, at Apra, Guam, Marianas Islands
  • Commissioned, Miscellaneous Auxiliary, USS Jekyl (AG-135), 2 May 1947
  • Reclassified Light Cargo Ship, (AKL-6), 31 March 1949
  • Decommissioned, 12 April 1950, at Seattle, WA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, OR.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 May 1960
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.
    Length 177'
    Beam 33'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 26
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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