USNS Haiti Victory
USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238)
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United States | |
Name | Haiti Victory |
Namesake | Haiti |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | Waterman Steamship Company |
Ordered | as type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, MCV hull 532 |
Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
Yard number | Yard No. 1 |
Laid down | 24 April 1944 |
Launched | 20 July 1944 |
Completed | 18 September 1944 |
Acquired | 14 April 1948, by the US Army Transportation Service |
Commissioned | date unknown, as USAT Haiti Victory |
Decommissioned | 1 March 1950 |
In service | 1 March 1950, with MSTS as USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238) |
Out of service | date unknown |
Renamed | January 1961, USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) |
Fate | Rebuilt to Longview for US Navy |
United States | |
Name | Longview |
Owner | US Navy |
Acquired | 1961 US Navy |
In service | 1 March 1950, with MSTS |
Out of service | date unknown |
Renamed | January 1961, USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) |
Reclassified | 27 November 1960, Missile Range Instrumentation Ship |
Stricken | date unknown |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 27 April 1976, to American Ship Dismantlers |
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Displacement |
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Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
Draft | 29 ft 2 in (8.89 m) |
Installed power | 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) |
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Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
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SS Haiti Victory (T-AGM-238) was originally built and operated as Greenville class cargo Victory ship which operated as a cargo carrier in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean during World War II .
In 1960 she was renamed USNS Longview (T-AGM-3)
Construction
Haiti Victory (T-AK 238) was laid down under
World War II commercial operation
The ship's
Acquired by the Navy 1 March 1950, Haiti Victory was assigned to the
On 15 June 1957, Haiti Victory sailed on her first MSTS cruise to the Pacific Ocean. Steaming via the
who wished to prevent a coup against his regime by communist oriented insurgents.While operating in the Mideast, she twice steamed through the Suez Canal, for cargo runs to Karachi, Pakistan. Returning to New York 3 January 1959, Haiti Victory made another Mediterranean cruise prior to assignment in the Pacific. Arriving San Francisco, California, 4 April she operated off the West Coast until sailing for Hawaii 3 months later.
Conversion to missile support
Arriving Pearl Harbor 3 July, she underwent conversion and training for a role in America's young space program.
Haiti Victory found a place in history, when she became the first ship to recover a space vehicle from orbit. On 11 August 1960, her
Haiti Victory was renamed Longview and re-classified T-AGM-3 on 27 November 1960. She continued operations in the
The Longview was lead ship in the new class, Longview-class missile range instrumentation ship, two other ships followed in this new class the
Final disposition
Longview was transferred to the
Honors
She earned the National Defense Service Medal for the Korean War.
See also
- Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
- List of Victory ships
- Liberty ship
- Type C1 ship
- Type C2 ship
- Type C3 ship
- USNS Dalton Victory (T-AK-256)
References
- ^ The Times 7 May 1953
- OCLC 51294139.
- ^ "USNS Longview (T-AGM-3", NavSource Online, 13 November 2020
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found here and here.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive – T-AK-238 Haiti Victory – T- AGM-3 Longview