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USAV FS-346



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-346 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-346 for the US Army at Kewaunee Shipbuilding, Kewaunee, WI.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in August 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commissioned USAV FS-346, 23 August 1944, at Kewaunee, WI., LTjg.F.J. Bell, USCGR in command
  • FS-346 was assigned to operate in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II (assigned the number S-1089)
  • Decommissioned, 30 August 1945 1945
  • Sold to the General Shipping Co. Philippines, named General Luna, re-flagged Philippines
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 557 gross tons
    Length 177'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament two twin .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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    300734601    		 324k The General Shipping Co., inter island coastal passenger-cargo ship MV General Luna (ex-USAV FS-346) entering the Pasig River, 23 June 1950.
    Image from Flickr.com by gorio_b25 from the Philippines Herald dated June 24, 1950    		 John Spivey
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