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USAV FS 271


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

USAV FS-271 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-271 for the US Army at Wheeler Ship Building, Whitestone, N.Y.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps 22 October 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commissioned USAV FS-271, 13 October 1944, at New York, LT. Pettus Kaufman, USCGR in command
  • USAV FS-271 departed New York for the Southwest Pacific, 2 November 1944, where she operated during WWII
  • Decommissioned, 27 September 1945
  • Sold, date unknown, to a Philippines Steamship Co., named General Mojica, laetr Marcelino
  • Final Disposition, scrapped 1988
    Specifications:
    Displacement (As Built) 557 gross tons
    Length (As Built) 177'
    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-271
    300727101    		 209k MV General Mojica (ex-USAV FS-271) tied up at Pier 4, North Harbor, Manila, Philippines, 11 October 1958.
    Image from Flickr.com by GorioB, Philippine Herald October 11, 1958.    		 John Spivey
    There is no history record available for USAV FS-271 at NavSource
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Kaufman, Petus, USCGR3 October 1944 - 28 April 1945
    02LTjg. Hobart, N.S., USCG28 April 1945 -  
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