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USAV FS-176
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USAV FP-176



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

USAV FP/FS-176 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Freight-Personnel / Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down, circa 1942-43, as Design 330 Freight-Personnel Vessel FP-176, at Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps between April and May 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commission USAV FP-176, 21 May 1944, with a Coast Guard crew
  • Redesignated Freight-Supply FS-176, date unknown
  • USAV FP/FS-176 was assigned to duty in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II including the Philippines
  • While assigned to the Southwest Pacifice Area she was identified as S-725
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 557 gross tons
    Length 177'
    Beam 33'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 12 kts
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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    USAV FS-176
    Col. Francis T. Ziegler
    094630606    		 261k USAV FS-221 , USAV FS-317 and USAV FS-176 moored pierside in the harbor at Manila, P.I,, circa 1946.
    US Nation Archives Album 111-SCA-Album 2922-036, US Army Signal Corps photo SC 249161    		 Vincent M. Salinap
    Merchant Service
    FS-176
    300717601    		 388k Ex-USAV FS-176 in commercial service as the Philippines Steam Navigation Co., Inter island passenger/freight ship FS-176 arriving at the North Harbor, Manila, Philippine Islands, 6 July 1950
    Image from lickr.com by gorio_b25 from the Philippine Herald dated July 5, 195    		 John Spivey
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