List of ships of the United States Air Force
Starting in 1957 the
Missile Range Instrumentation Ships to support missile test ranges. They were designated "ORV" for Ocean Range Vessel. They used the ship name prefix
"USAF" (e.g.: USAF Coastal Crusader (ORV-16)). Other ships would use the prefix "USAFS", for "United States Air Force Ship".
The initial twelve
Atlantic Missile Range ships were modified World War II cargo vessels. Six were FS-type ships and six were C1-M-AV-1 vessels. All were equipped with telemetry systems. Two of the C1-M-AV-1 types, Coastal Sentry and Rose Knot, were equipped with command/control transmitters.[1]
The smaller FS types were retired by 1960.
The US Air Force still operates a small fleet of drone recovery vessels nicknamed the "Tyndall Navy". These ships recover pieces of wreckage from drones and aerial targets from the waters of the
US Air Force ship list
Active
- Thule AB
- Rising Star tugboat (active as of Aug 2020)
- Tyndall AFB
- 82nd ATRS drone recovery watercraft(x3 120ft recovery vessels, x2 smaller boats)
Inactive
- US Army Freight and Supply (FS) Type (all retired)
- C1-M-AV1 Type
- USAFS Sword Knot (E-45-1852)[8](scrapped)
- USAFS Rose Knot (E-45-1850)(disposed)
- USAFS Coastal Sentry (E-45-1849)(disposed)
- USAFS Coastal Crusader (E-45-1851, later ORV-16)(disposed)
- USAFS Timber Hitch (E-45-1848, later ORV-17)(disposed)
- USAFS Sampan Hitch (E-45-1861, later ORV-18)(scrapped)
- VC2-S-AP3 Type
- USAF Twin Falls Victory(scrapped)
- C4-S-A1 Type
- EC2-S-C1 Type
- USAFS American Mariner[11] (sunk as target)
See also
- Eastern Test Range
- Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division
- Missile Test Project
- RAF Marine Branch
External links
References
- ^ a b c "DEVELOPMENT OF THE 45SW EASTERN RANGE". Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2007.
- ^ "10 Range Instrumentation Ships Added to Special Project Fleet". Sealift. Vol. 14, no. 9. Washington, D.C.: Military Sea Transportation Service. September 1964. pp. 11–13. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "USAT PVT. Joe R. Hastings/USAF Coastal Crusader (ORV-16)/AGM-16 / AGS-36 Coastal Crusader". Retrieved August 19, 2006.
- ^ EIA – FY2003 Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Air Force armada all about the ammo".
- ^ Kovalchik, Dan (January 2002). "The Rocket Ships". Air & Space Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
- ^ Dempefewelft, Richard F. (January 1960). "5,000 Mile Game of Catch". Popular Mechanics. Vol. 113, no. 1. pp. 116–120, 264, 266, 268, 270, 272. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
- ISBN 9781135864668– via Google Books.
- ^ "USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145) / USAT General Harry Taylor / USNS General Harry Taylor (T-AP-145) / USAFS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg / USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10)". Retrieved April 27, 2006.
- ^ "AP-139 / USAT / T-AP-139 General R. E. Callan USAF / T-AGM-9 H. H. Arnold". Retrieved April 27, 2007.
- ^ "NavSource: USAS American Mariner/USAFS American Mariner/USNS American Mariner (T-AGM-12)". Retrieved April 27, 2007.