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USAV FS-253



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 FS-253 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down, circa 1944, as the Design 381 Freight-Supply Vessel FS-253 for the US Army at Wheeler Whitestone. N.Y.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commission USAV FS-253, 7 May 1944, at Brooklyn, N.Y. LT E.P. Jadro USCG, in command
  • USAV FS-253 departed the 3rd Naval District for the West Coast towing the Army vessel USAV QS-17 She was assigned to and operated in the Southwest Pacific area including Leyte.
  • Decommissioned , 23 October 1945.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement (As Built) 557 gross tons
    Length (As Built) 177'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement
    Officers 4
    Enlisted 20
    Armament
    two single 40mm gun mounts
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Jado, E. P., USCG7 May 1944 - 8 June 1945
    02LT. Sadler, L.S. USCG8 June 1945 -  
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