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Brunswick (FS-125)


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


Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down in 1898 as a wood schooner rigged passenger vessel at North Bend OR. by A.M. Simpson
  • Launched, 1898
  • Placed in service, in 1898 by C.A. Hooper & Co.
  • Rebuilt in 1903
  • 1910 owned by a San Francisco, CA. interest
  • 1926-1927 owned by National Steam Ship Co. Inc. San Francisco, CA.
  • 1935 owned by Hammond & Little Redwood Co., San Francisco, CA.
  • Acquired by the US Army Quartermaster Corps in 1941
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps as Brunswick (FS-125), name retained
  • Retired from US Army service in 1945
  • Reacquired to Hammond & Little Redwood Co., San Francisco, CA. in 1945
  • Final Disposition, burned in 1947 at Puntarenas, Costa Rica
    Specifications:
    Displacement 532 gross tons
    Length 161.3'
    Beam 34.4'
    Draft 12.2'
    Speed unknown
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    Goldern State and Miners Iron Works - 63nhp triple expansion steam engine
    single screw

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