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USNS T-AKL-20
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USAV FS-193 (1945 - 1950)


Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, date unknown, for the US Army as the Small Freighter FS-193 (design 330) at Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA.
  • Delivered to the US Army circa April-May 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Command
  • Commissioned, 23 August 1944, at New Orleans, LTjg. G. W. Hayman, USCGR in Command
  • USAV FS-193 was assigned to and operated in the Southwest Pacific area
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Acquired by the US Navy Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 July 1950, designated USNS T-AKL-20
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1961
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 573 t.
    Length 180'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts
    Complement 42
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines
    twin screws
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    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 13 November 2020