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Wed 6 Jul, 2011 09:36 pm
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The ship was launched at the Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1944, as United States Army Freight and Passenger (FP) FP-344. Army redesignated the FP vessels as Freight and Supply changing the designation to FS-344.[3] The ship, commissioned at New Orleans on April 7, 1945, served as a Coast Guard manned Army vessel used for training civilians for the Army. Her first commanding officer was LT J. R. Choate, USCGR, succeeded by LTJG Marvin B. Barker, USCGR on September 12, 1945.[4]
Well, in fact, this gentleman was a Lieutenant of the United States Coast Guard Reserve (USCGR). There are six uniformed services employed by the United States: the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Public Health Service. The first five have reserve services. The Army and the Air Force also have National Guard services. At the time referred to, there were only five, because the U. S. Air Force did not exist--air forces were a part of the U. S. Army, the United States Army Air Forces.
The author is using incorrect abbreviations. The proper abbreviation for a Lieutenant is Lt., and Mr. Barker is a Lieutenant junior grade (Lt. j.g.) in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. A Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Public Health Service is the equivalent of a Captain in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Marine Corps. A Lieutenant junior grade is the equivalent of a First Lieutenant in the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps.
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