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USAV FP/FS-162
Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
USAV FP/FS-162 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Freight-Supply Vessel
Laid down, circa 1944, as Design 330 Freight-Personnel Coastal Cargo Vessel FP-162, at Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA.
Launched in 1944
Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in 1944
Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
Commissioned USAV FP-162, 17 April 1944, LT. F. Roebuck, USCG in command
LT Roebuck was succeeded by LT. K.L. Torrell, USCGR, 18 November 1945, LT. Torrell was succeede by TLjg. Harry F. Rice, Jr., USCGR. date unknown and LTjg Rice was succeeded by
LT L. O. Pressey, USCG, date unknown
Redesignated Freight-Supply FS-162, date unknown
FS-162 was assigned to the South Pacific Theater were she operated until the end of WWII.
On 3 March 1945, at 1635, while proceeding from Outer Bay to Tacloban anchorage, the U. S. Army Tug TP-120 was observed striking a shoal northeast of the red buoy
marking the starboard of the channel off San Antonio. She careened and almost immediately to come about sharply to port and run fast aground approximately 100 yards north of the red
buoy. It was also observed that a man had fallen overboard at the striking of the first shoal. The FS-162' s launch was immediately cast off and it proceeded to pick
up the man overboard and return him to TP-120. A towing hawser was then broken out and passed to TP-120. She was pulled free and out into the channel and
proceeded thereupon under her own power. About 2200 on 5 March 1945, cries for help were heard off the small ship's dock in Tacloban. Three crew members of the FS-162,
BM2 James E. Copple; SN1 George W. Varner, and SN2 Robert O.C. Quinney, proceeded to the scene where a small boat with Army personnel had been swamped and sunk. Life preservers were
thrown to those able to swim, and when it was seen that two men were in serious difficulty, Varner and Quinney unhesitatingly went overboard to their assistance. Quinney got hold
of one man with head injuries and towed him to an Army personnel craft while Varner brought the other man to the launch, where he was hauled aboard unconscious. Copple at once began
resuscitation while Varner took the boat into the dock. Resuscitation continued until the arrival of the ambulance by which the man began to gasp and had a strong pulse. The three
men together with SN Donald E. Hanhart were recommended for appropriate entries in their service jackets, for their efficiency in effecting the rescues. She was assigned to and
operated in the Central and Southwest Pacific areas during the war.
Decommissioned, date unknown
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 557 gross tons
Length 170'
Beam 33'
Draft 10'
Speed 12 kts
Freight Capacity unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion four 200hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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