Small Ships
The Army had its own program for small boat construction and directly procured vessels and water craft that were under 200 feet or under 1,000 gross tons.
- p256 THE ORGANIZATION AND ROLE OF THE ARMY SERVICE FORCES IN WORLD WAR II
Army F-ships (100-dwt) were little freighters built on the lines of a Dutch wooden shoe and had a capacity of about 100 tons with a maximum speed of 8 knots. During the war these little ships plied back and forth between Navy PT boat bases, Crash Rescue Boat bases, and Engineer Special Brigade bases in the pacific for the purpose of transporting personnel, hauling supplies and cargo, or occasionally for towing fuel barges and water craft, to bases along the coasts or to nearby islands.
- p248 At Close Quarters PT Boats in the United States Navy
Design 216 (Boat, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 99')
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- F-76 image-1 image-2
Design 225 (Boat, Supply, Ice-Breaker, Diesel, Steel, 102')
- Three design number 225 vessels were built by Equitable Equipment Company in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1942, they most likely operated in Alaska.
- F-4, F-17, F-18
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