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IX-146 / AVS-2 Fortune

Supply Class Aviation Stores Issue Ship: Built in 1921 as City of Elwood by Doulett and Williams, New Orleans, LA.; Acquired by the Navy and Commissioned, USS Fortune (IX-146), 19 February 1944; Redesignated (AVS-2), 25 May 1945; Decommissioned and transferred to the Maritime Commission, 18 October 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 13,250 (fl.); Length 411'9"; Beam 55'; Draft 27'2"; Speed 12kts; Complement 163; Armament one 4", one 3".
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