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USAV FS-286


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

USAV FS-286 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-286 for the US Army at Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone, N.Y.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, 10 February 1945
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commissioned USAV FS-286 in February 1945, at New York, LTjg. William J. Nolan , USCGR in command
  • LTjg. Bruce B. Davidson, USCGR succeeded LTjg. William J. Nolan, USCGR, 27 September 1945
  • USAV FS-286 departed New York for Milne Bay, New Guinea in the Southwest Pacific where she was assigned soon after being placed in commission by her Coast Guard crew
  • Decommissioned, 1 October 1945
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 557 gross tons
    Length 177'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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    FS-286
    300728601    		 259k Ex-USAV FS-286 in merchant service as the Southern Lines inter island coaster MV Don Jullo, tied up at Pier 4, North Harbor, Manila , P.I., 31 January 1959.
    Image from flickr.com by gorio_b25, from Philippines Herald dated Jan 31, 1959    		 John Spivey
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