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USAT Franklin S. Leisenring

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Passenger and Auto Ferry:
  • Built in 1910 as the ferry Sioux at Moran Co., Seattle, WA., for the Puget Sound Navigation Co
  • Launched in 1910
  • Delivered in December 1910, to Puget Sound Navigation Co. for operation on Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca
  • Renamed Olympic in 1924
  • Sold to the US Army in 1941, renamed USAT Franklin S. Leisenring
  • During World War II USAT Franklin S. Leisenring was assigned to the Panama Canal Zone
  • Following World War II USAT Franklin S. Leisenring was sold to a Dutch Guiana company for service out of Paramaribo on the Surinam River
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 466 t. lt. 1317 t. fl.
    Length 175'
    Beam 39'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Enlisted, unknown
    Passenger Capacity, unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    One four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine, 1400 HP
    single shaft
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    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Source
    Merchant Service
    Franklin S. Leisenring 225k Post Card image of the ferry SS Sioux under way in 1911 in Puget Sound. Wikipedia
    Franklin S. Leisenring
    301301902    		 77k SS Olympic moored pierside in Puget Sound, circa 1924-1941.
    Wikipedia Commons    		 John Spivey
    Franklin S. Leisenring
    301301904    		 80k SS Olympic underway in Puget Sound, circa 1924-1941. Tommy Trampp
    USAT Franklin S. Leisenring
    Franklin S. Leisenring
    301301903    		 168k

    Col. Franklin S. Leisenring (9 Nov 1877 - 11 Jun 1933) - was born in Catawissa, PA., graduated Gettysburg College in 1897, entered the military service with Co. C, 8th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry in 1898. He served as a lieutenant and captain in the Philippines and earned his colonel's commission during World War I. After World War I served in the Adjutant general's office. He was retired in 1928 for disability in the line of duty. He was buried in section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery.     		Tommy Trampp
    USAT Franklin S. Leisenring
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