The Snapshots in Time Collection
U.S. Army Freight and Supply Ship FS-209 at Anchor, Okinawa, 23 June 1945
An Army Freight and Supply (FS-class) vessel rides at anchor off Okinawa in the final days of the campaign, June 1945. Small logistics ships like this one were the workhorses of the Pacific War, ferrying ammunition, food, and equipment between deep-water transports and the invasion beaches during the largest amphibious assault of the war. The handwritten caption ties the image to a specific unit photo log and Colonel Samuel L. Ellis, part of the vast logistical effort that sustained American forces during the brutal 82-day battle for Okinawa. Project: 218616