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FS-385
AG-139 / AKL-10 Sharps


USS Sharps (AKL-10) previously served as USAT FS-385

Sharps (AKL-10) was transferred to South Korea and renamed Kun San (AKL-908)
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 (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Decatur, AL.
  • Delivered to US Army Transportation Service (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the US Navy in March 1947
  • Commissioned Miscellaneous Auxiliary USS Sharps (AG-139), 3 August 1947
  • Reclassified Light Cargo Ship, (AKL-10), 31 March 1949
  • During the Korean War Sharps participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    15 to 20 November 1951     		Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    2 to 3 and 7 May 1952
    Second Korean Winter
    1 to 5 and 12 to 24 December 1951
    7 to 8 and 21 to 22 February 1952
    26 February to 1 March 1952
    10 to 12 March 1952
    5 to 7, 13 to 14 and 26 to 27 April 1952
    2 to 3 and 7 May 1952     		.

  • Decommissioned in 1955 at Astoria, OR.
  • Transferred (loaned), 3 April 1955, to South Korea under terms of the Security Assurance Program
  • Commissioned into the South Korean Navy as Kun San (AKL-908)
  • Sold to South Korean in 1974
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 20 August 1974
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Sharps received three battle stars for Korean service
    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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