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USAV FS-260


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

USAV FS-260 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-260 for the US Army at Wheeler Ship Building, Whitestone, N.Y.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, date unknown
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, date unknown
  • Commission USAV FS-260, 26 July 1944, at Brooklyn, N.Y. LT. A. Smalley. USCGR, in command
  • She was assigned to in the Southwest Pacific area where she operated during World War II
  • USAV FS-260 departed New York 26 August 1944
  • On 5 September 1944, ahw was reported towing the Q-16 to the Southwest Pacific Area
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Sold to a Philippines buyer, named Don Mariano, relflagged Philippines
  • 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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    FS-260
    300726001    		 162k Ex-USAV FS-360 (painting by B.C. Faelnar, dated 4-82) of the BLT (Bisayan Land Transport) of the Philippines , inter island coastal passenger-cargo ship MV Don Carlos underway, date and location unknown.
    From flickr by Vincent Paul Sanchez    		 John Spivey
    There is no history record available for FS-260 at NavSource
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Smally, A., USCGR26 July 1944 - ?
    02LTjg. Jones, L.F. USCGR? - 14 October 1945
    03LTjg. Barlow, William L. USCGR14 October 1945 - ?
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