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USAT FSR-791

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National Defense Service Medal
Refrigerated Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1953 as Refrigerated Coastal Freighter FSR-791 for the U.S Army at Higgines Industries, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 1953-54
  • Delivered to the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in 1954
  • Assigned to the U.S. Army Transportation Corps, Alaska Command, commissioned USAT FSR-791 in 1954
  • Decommissioned and placed in reserve, date unknown
  • Loaned in October 1962 to United States Fish and Wildlife Service, (USFWS), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
  • Commissioned USNMFS MV Pribilof to serve as the "Pribilof tender" – a dedicated supply vessel used to transport passengers and cargo to and from the Pribilof Island
  • In October 1970 the Bureau of Fisheries was reassigned to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Decommissioned in 1975
  • Sold in 1975 to The Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, AK.
  • Re-sold in 1983 to Lafayette Fisheries, for service as a fish processing factory ship
  • Re-sold in 2004 to Trident Seafoods, Seattle, WA.
  • Disposition, as of 2013, Trident Seafoods still owned and operated her, using her as a fish processor in the Bering Sea
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,382 t.(lt) 1,187 gros t.
    Length 223'
    Beam 38' 5"
    Draft 16'
    Speed 11 kts.
    Range 6,400 nm
    Complement 19 (1973)
    Largest Boom Capacity unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Armament unarmed
    Fuel Capacity diesel, unknown
    Propulsion
    Two 700-hp (592-kw) White-Superior Nationals diesel engines
    Three diesel auxiliary engines for Ship's Service Generators
    TWo propellers
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    302207401    		 36k USAT FSR-791 coastal refrigerated cargo ship underway, sometime between 1954 and 1963.
    Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service photo    		 Robert Hurst
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    302207404    		 41k USAT FSR-791 coastal refrigerated cargo ship underway, date and location unknown.
    Our Navy photo, Brooklyn, N.Y.    		 John Spivey
    National Marine Fisheries Service - NMFS MV Pribilof
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    302207402    		 32k U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and later National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) cargo ship MV Pribilof (Ex-USAT FRS-791), underway sometime between 1964 and 1975 (the period of the ship′s service in the USFWS and NMFS).
    Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service photo    		 Robert Hurst
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    302207403    		 35k Starboard quarter view of the U.S/ Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and later National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) cargo ship MV Pribilof, sometime between 1964 and 1975 (the period of the ship′s service in the USFWS and NMFS).
    Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service photo    		 Robert Hurst
    USAT FSR-791
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