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USAV FS-178
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USAV FP-178
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-178 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Freight-Personnel / Freight-Supply Vessel
Laid down, circa 1944, as Design 330 Freight-Personnel Vessel FP-178, at Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA.
Launched in 1944
Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in May 1944
Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
Commission USAV FP-178, 27 May 1944, with a Coast Guard crew
Redesignated Freight-Supply FS-178, date unknown
USAV FP/FS-178 was assigned to duty in the Asiatic-Pacific, Southwest Theater during World War II including the Philippines
FS-178's day-to-day operations in the South Pacific were typical of most Coast Guard manned FSs during the war.
On 1 August 1945, she had finished discharging a cargo of chemical warfare equipment from Morotai, and was ordered dry-docked in
USS ARD-9, Humboldt Bay, Hollandia, New Guinea, to clean and paint the hull.
She departed drydock on the 3 August and on the 8th was underway for Milne Bay, New Guinea, where she arrived on the 12th and loaded 39 tons of life rafts for Finschaven and Hollandia.
FS-178 arrived at Finchaven 14 August to discharge 20 rafts and pick up mail and at Hollandia on the 18th to unload the remainder before anchoring
until the 28th at Challenge Cove, Hollandia.
On 28 August she received a cargo of mail for Biak and proceeded there independently arriving at Sorido Lagoon on the 30th to discharge mail and load ammunition for Zamboanga,
Philippine Islands
She departed next morning for Zamboanga, Philippine Islands. .
FS-178 was decommissioned, 16 October 1945
Sold, date unknown to Escaño Shipping Lines, named MV Fernando Escano, re-flagged Philippines
Final Disposition, broken up, date unknown
Specifications:
Displacement 557 gross tons
Length 177'
Beam 33'
Draft 10'
Speed 12 kts
Freight Capacity unknown
Complement 24
6 Officers
18 Enlisted
Armament unknown
Propulsion
two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines
twin screws
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Last Updated 23 January 2026