USS Deal (AG-131)
| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Deal |
| Namesake: | An island off the coast of Maryland |
| Builder: | Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, New York |
| Laid down: | in 1944 as U.S. Army FS-263 for the U.S. Army |
| Acquired: | by the US Navy, 2 March 1947, at Apra, Guam |
| Commissioned: | 3 August 1947 as USS Deal (AG-131) |
| Decommissioned: | 1955, at Portland, Oregon |
| Reclassified: | AKL-2, 31 March 1949 |
| Struck: | date unknown |
| Fate: | sold, 18 December 1961 |
| Notes: | Deal subsequently operated as a pirate radio station off the coast of England |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Camano-class cargo ship |
| Displacement: | 550 tons |
| Length: | 177' |
| Beam: | 33' |
| Draft: | 10' |
| Propulsion: | two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Complement: | 42 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | not known |
USS Deal (AG-131/AKL-2) was constructed for the U.S. Army as U.S. Army FS-263 shortly before the end of World War II and later acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1947. She was configured as a transport and cargo ship, classed by the Navy as a Camano-class cargo ship and operated with the U.S. Pacific Fleet from post-World War II and on through the end of the Korean War.
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