USS Supply (IX-147)

	USS Supply (AVS-1), underway, date and location unknown
History
United States
Name	Ward (1921-1940); Exton (1940-1942);
Owner	United States Shipping Board (USSB)
Operator	American Pioneer Line (1921-1940); American Export Line (1940-1942);
Ordered	as USSB Design 1037 ship freighter
Builder	Doullet & Williams, New Orleans, Louisiana
Yard number	1913
Laid down	1921
In service	May 1921
Out of service	1942
Identification	O.N. 221111
Fate	Transferred to United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM), 1942
United States
Name	Ward
Operator	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
In service	1942
Out of service	5 February 1944
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 5 February 1944
United States
Name	Supply
Acquired	5 February 1944
Commissioned	8 February 1944
Decommissioned	4 February 1946
Reclassified	Aviation Stores Issue (AVS), 25 May 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: IX-147; Hull symbol: AVS-1; Callsign: NJSD; ;
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 26 January 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Design 1037 ship
Tonnage	6,171 GT
Displacement	13,250 long tons (13,460 t)
Length	411 ft 9 in (125.50 m)
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Installed power	3 × Scotch boilers; 1 × Busch-Sulzer Single-acting diesel (converted, 11 June 1929); 3,500 shp (2,600 kW) (steam); 3,950 bhp (2,950 kW) (diesel);
Propulsion	1 × George A. Fuller Company triple-expansion steam engine; 2 × 340 kW (460 hp) turbo-electric drives (converted to diesel 11 June 1929); 1 × 35 kW (47 hp) turbo-electric drive ; 1 × screw;
Speed	11.8 kn (21.9 km/h; 13.6 mph)
Complement	15 officers; 152 enlisted;
Armament	4 in (100 mm)/50 caliber gun; 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber gun; 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

The third USS Supply (IX-147/AVS-1) was a US Navy aviation stores issue ship of World War II. Originally built as Ward, a United States Shipping Board (USSB), Design 1037 freighter, she acquired by the Navy 5 February 1944, and commissioned 8 February 1944, as Supply (IX-147). She was reclassified AVS-1, on 25 May 1945.