Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AVS-2 USS Fortune

• Supply class Aircraft Supply Ship:
• Displacement: 13,900 tons
• Length: 412'
• Beam: 55'
• Draft: 27'
• Speed: 11 knots
• Armament: 1 4"/50, 1 3"/50 DP, 8 20mm
• Complement: 163
• Diesel engines, single screw, 3,950 hp.
• Built at Doulett & Williams, New Orleans, and commissioned as SS City of Elwood in 1921
• Acquired by the Navy and commisioned as Fortune (IX-146) 19 February 1944
• Reclassified AVS-2, 25 May 1945

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Fortune

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