 USS Deal (AG-131)

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.