An item reported that the French survey vessel Ingenieur-en-Chef Girod with 950 tons displacement was handed over to the South Vietnamese navy. This former US vessel had been in Indo-China waters since 1949 and recently used for surveying the New Cambodian harbour under construction in the Bay of Kompong Song. A French hydrographic expert stayed responsible for directing hydrographic missions and training Vietnamese. (1)
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1. The HQ 451 Hoa Giang ex-Dinr An, Ingenieur en Chef Girod, FS287, Governor Wright), dimensions 176 x 32 1/3 x 10 1/6 feet. Crew numbered 55 men. 2 G.M. diesel propulsion with 1,000 bhp a speed of 12 knots. In December 1955 sold to Vietnam and 1 December transferred. FS=Freight and Supply. In 1943 commissioned by the US Army and used for transport of munition, food and weapons in the Pacific. In 1948 brought to Manille to be used by the French Department for Public Affairs, loaned to the French navy in 1949? The FS-287 was a coast guard manned army vessel commissioned at the Wheeler Shipyard, Whitestone, NY on 1 March 1945 and decommissioned on 23 August 1945. Vesseltracking.net mentions a general cargo ship Ingenieur en Chef Girod, IMO 5161093, built in 1944, gross tonnage 560 tons and dimensions 53.9 (over all) x 9.8 metres?
Source
Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.
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