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FS-394
AG-140 / AKL-11 Torry


USS AKL-11 previously served as USAT FS-394

National Defense Service Medal
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Decatur, AL.
  • Delivered to the US Army, as Coastal Freighter FS-394, (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 22 February 1947, at Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands
  • Commissioned Miscellaneous Auxiliary USS Torry (AG-140), 3 April 1947, at Apra, Guam, Marianas Islands
  • Reclassified Light Cargo Ship, (AKL-11), 31 March 1949
  • Decommissioned at Guam and loaned to the Department of the Interior, 24 July 1951, at Guam
  • Permanently transferred to the Department of the Interior and struck from the Naval Register, 29 January 1952
  • Sold by the Department of the Interior to Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc in 1961
  • Sold to American M.A.R.C., Inc., of Inglewood, CA. in 1963
  • Sold to Western Offshore Drilling and Exploration Co., Sante Fe Springs, CA. in 1965
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 500 t.
    Length 177'
    Beam 33'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Armament none
    Complement 37
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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