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USNS T-AKL-22
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USAV FS-276 (1945 - 1950)


Precedence of USAV FS-276 awards from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USAV FS-276 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1944 for the US Army as FS-276 (design 381), at Wheeler Shipbuilding Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermasters Corp, 16 June 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corp.
  • US Coast Guard manned USAV FS-276 was commissioned, 13 November 1944 at New York, LT. Antonio N.S. Santa Cruz, USCGR in command
  • USAV FS-276 departed New York, 5 December 1944, for the Southwest Pacific Area where she served
  • Decommissioned, 1 July 1950, and turned over to the US Navy Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), designated USNS T-AKL-22
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1961
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 560 t.
    Length 177'
    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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