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USAV FS-367



Precedence of awards is from ltop to bottom, eft to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberatin Medal

USAV FS-367 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-367 for the US Army at Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon BAy, Wi.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in May 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commissioned USAV FS-367, 29 April 1944, LTjg. R.H Greenless, USCGR in command
  • She reached her final destination in the Philippines on 30 December 1944.
  • During Operation L-3, near San Jose, Mindoro Island, Philippines, she anchored 500 yards off Bulong Point midway between Blue and White beaches.
  • A navy tanker, dropped anchor about 300 yards away and some 800 yards from shore. At 1530 Japanese planes, in a sudden and devastating attack of shipping in the harbor sunk or damaged 24 ships including the tankeer. The tanker immediately burst into flames and a number of the crew either were blown or jumped into the water. The FS- 367 went to her assistance. Proceeding to assist the tanker, FS-367 took several men aboard with her boarding net and James D. Ellis sighting a man struggling in the water and calling for help, dove into the water and supported him until both were picked up by an LSM. FS-367 stayed alongside the tanker until all survivors had been taken off. About 1900 the FS-367 withdrew while the destroyerUSS Ganesvoort (DD-608), although seriously damagaged during the air raid, was able to put two torpedos into the tankder. Immediately thereafter a great amount of burning gasoline spread over the bay making the FS-367's anchorage unsafe. As she was preparing to move when Ganesvoort requested she come alongside and take off her crew. By the time she had reached the destroyer, however, the gasoline had spread so widely that the Ganesvoort was in immediate danger of being engulfed. FS-367, instead of stopping to take off personnel, warped alongside the destroyer and began towing her to a safe anchorage. While so occupied another alert sounded and a Japanese plane was shot down immediately overhead. FS-367 finally got Ganesvoort to safety several hundred yards off White Beach. The next day Ganesvoort's crew taken off. No casualties ware suffered by the FS-367.
  • Decommissioned 24 September 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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