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FS-266
AG-144 / AKL-13 Tingles

Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone, N.Y.
  • Delivered to the US Army, as Coastal Freighter FS-266, (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the US Navy in September 1947, at Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands
  • Named Tingles (AG-144), 21 November 1947
  • Placed in service at Subic Bay, 2 December 1947
  • Reclassified Light Cargo Ship, (AKL-13), 31 March 1949
  • Placed out of service, 10 November 1949, and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group
  • Transferred under tow to the Stockton Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, 16 December 1963
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1969
  • Sold for private use (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 500 t.(lt) 705 t.(fl)
    Length 176'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Armament none
    Complement 26
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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