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USAV FS-291


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American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down, circa 1944, as the Design 381 Freight-Supply Vessel FS-291 for the US Army at Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone, N.Y.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, 12 April 1945
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commission USAV FS-291 in April 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 557 gross tons
    Length 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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    FS-525
    300752501    		 22k USAV FS-291 moored inboard of USAV (FS-525, date and location unknown. Tommy Trampp
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