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FS-361
AG-138 / AKL-9 Ryer


USS Ryer (AKL-9) previously served as USAT FS-361
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Korean Service Medal (6) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1944, at Kewaunee Ship Building Co., Kewaunee, WI.
  • Delivered to the US Army, as FS-361, 28 February 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 22 February 1947
  • Commissioned, Miscellaneous Auxiliary, USS Ryer (AG-138), 8 June 1947
  • Reclassified Light Cargo Ship, (AKL-9), 31 March 1949
  • During the Korean War Ryer participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North Korean Aggression
    18 September to 2 November 1950     		First UN Counter Offensive
    7 February to 24 March 1951
    9 to 14 and 20 to 21 April 1951
    Communist China Aggression
    3 to 22 November 1950     		Communist China Spring Offensive
    2 and 5 to 6 May 1951
    27 to 28 June 1951
    1 to 3 July 1951
    Inchon Landing
    15 to 17 September 1950     		UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    29 to 30 July 1951
    5 to 6 and 28 to 29 August 1951
    20 September 1951

  • Decommissioned, 4 August 1955, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, OR.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1961
  • Sold for commercial service, 25 January 1962, to Pacific Tow-Boat & Salvage Co., Long Beach, CA., renamed Ahti
  • Sold in 1963 to Caldrill, Inc., Ventura, CA and renamed Caldrill 1
  • Sold in 1979 to the Marine Drilling & Coring Co., Anchorage, AK.
  • Sold in 1980 to J.H. Felice, Seattle, WA and renamed West 1
  • Sold again in 1980 to Fish West, Seattle, WA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Ryer earned six battle stars for service in the Korean Conflict
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(lt) 935 t.(fl)
    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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