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USAV FS-225


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

USAV FS-225 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down, circa 1944, as the Design 330 Freight-Supply Vessel FS-225 for the US Army at Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps February 1945
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commission USAV FS-225, 14 February 1945, at New Orleans, LA., LT. F.A. Maier USCG in command
  • Succeeded in command by LT. G.W. Pruitt, USCG, 2 March 1945
  • USAV FS-225 was assigned to duty in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater - Southwest Pacific and Western Pacific areas during World War II
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Sold, date unknown to Escano Lines, Inc., renamed MV Augustina, reflagged Philippines
  • Final Disposition, broken up in 1989.
    Specifications:
    Displacement (As Built) 573 gross tons
    Length (As Built) 180'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two 500hpGM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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    FS-225
    300722501    		 343k Ex-USAV FS-225 in merchant service as the Escano Lines inter island coaster MV Augustina, tied up, date and location unkown.
    Image from flickr.com by gorio_b25, from Philippines Herald dated 17 February 1956    		 John Spivey
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