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USAV FS-265


Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal



USAV FS-265 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down, circa 1944, as the Design 381 Freight-Supply Vessel FS-265 for the US Army at Wheeler Ship Building, Whitestone, N.Y.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps 1 September 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commission USAV FS-265, 1 September 1944, at New York, LT H. E. Dennis, USCGR in command
  • USAV FS-265 was assigned to duty in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific areas during World War II
  • Decommissioned, in 1945
  • Sold, date unknown, to Philippines Presidents Lines, Inc., renamed MV President Quezon, reflagged Philippines
  • Sold in 1961 to Williams Lines, Inc., Philippines
  • Sold in 1971 to unknown Philippines shipping line, renamed MV Tacloban
  • Final Disposition, foundered in 1971
    Specifications:
    Displacement (As Built) 557 gross tons
    Length (As Built) 177'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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    131k The Williams Lines Inc. passenger-cargo ship MV Dona Maria (ex-USAV FS-265) moored pierside, July 1961, location unknown.
    Photo from The Philippines Herald, July. 12, 1961
    Tommy Trampp

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