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USAV FS-526



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

USAV FS-526 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-526 for the US Army at Calumet Shipyard, Chicago. IL.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps between July and August 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commission USAV FS-526, 16 August 1944, at New Orleans, LA., LT. Francis M. Holbrook, USCGR in command
  • USAV FS-526 was assigned to duty in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific areas during World War II including the Philippines
  • Decommissioned, date unknown, and turned over the the Government of the Philippines, reflagged Republic of the Philippines
  • Sold in 1951 to Williams Lines Inc., Manila, Philippines, named MV Don Victoriano
  • Renamed in 1957 MV Virginia VI by Williams Lines
  • Renamed in 1960 MV Elena by Williams Lines
  • MV Elena caught fire at Sane Jose, Mindoro Island, Philippines and foundered on 29 July 1982
  • Final Disposition, broken in 1982 up at Cebu
    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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    300752604    		 111k Left background, USAV FS-373 furnishing power to USAV FS-526 at, Cebu Shipyard and Engine Works, Cebu, Philippine, 28 September 1945.
    U.S. National Archives 111-SCA-Album_2842_001.jpg, US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 230364    		 Tommy Trampp
    FS-526
    300752602    		 111k Japanese laborers work on USAV FS-526 at the Cebu Shipyard and Engine Works, Cebu Philippines, 28 September 1945.
    U.S. National Archives 111-SCA-Album_2842_001.jpg, US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 229864    		 Tommy Trampp
    Merchant Service
    FS-526
    300752601    		 130k The Williams Lines Inc. passenger-cargo ship MV Don Victoriano (ex-USAV FS-526) underway in the Philippines, date unknown.
    Photo from Manila Chronicle    		 Tommy Trampp
    FS-526
    300752603    		 37k The Williams Lines Inc. passenger-cargo ship MV Elena (ex-MV Don Victoriano) (ex-USAV FS-526) underway in the Philippines in Manila Bay, circa 8 November 1960. Elena made weekly runs between Manila and Cebu, Tagbilaran, Dumaguete, Zamboanga and Davao.
    Photo from Manila Chronicle    		 Tommy Trampp
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