USNS Timber Hitch
Timber Hitch receiving fresh water from the USAS American Mariner, Clarence Bay, Ascension Island, in December 1961.
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United States | |
Name | Timber Hitch |
Namesake | Timber hitch |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Grace Line Inc. |
Ordered | as a type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2315 |
Awarded | 17 February 1944 |
Builder | Wilmington , California |
Cost | $1,205,427.45 |
Yard number | 1220 |
Way number | 2 |
Laid down | 26 August 1944 |
Launched | 12 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. W. F. Pruden |
Completed | 19 January 1945 |
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United States | |
Name | Timber Hitch |
Owner | United States Air Force |
Reclassified | Ocean Range Vessel |
Identification | ORV-17 |
Fate | Transferred to the United States Navy, 1 July 1964 |
United States | |
Name | Timber Hitch |
Owner | United States Navy |
Operator | Military Sea Transportation Service |
In service | 1 July 1964 |
Out of service | 1968 |
Reclassified | Missile Range Instrumentation Ship |
Stricken | 9 October 1969 |
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General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type |
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Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Displacement | |
Length | 338 ft 9 in (103.25 m) |
Beam | 50 ft 4 in (15.34 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 7 in (5.36 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel, single propeller |
Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Endurance | 30 days at sea |
Sensors and processing systems | telemetry |
Armament | none |
USNS Timber Hitch (T-AGM-17) was a
Eastern Test Range during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Timber Hitch operated under an Air Force contract with Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division headquartered in Cocoa Beach
, Florida.
Timber Hitch, assigned to the South Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean area, provided the Air Force with metric data on
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida
.
Timber Hitch operated in the intercontinental ballistic missile re-entry area near
Recife
, Brazil.
Construction
SS Timber Hitch was laid down 26 August 1944, under a
Wilmington, California; she was sponsored by Mrs. Paul N. Mulvany, the wife of the assistant chief of the Construction & Inspection section at the regional office of MARCOM, and was launched on 10 October 1944.[1]
Timber Hitch was acquired from the US Air Force by the US Navy, on 1 July 1964.
Operational data
Operational data while on US Navy service during post-1964 period on this vessel is lacking.
Inactivation
Timber Hitch was struck from the Navy List 9 October 1969. She was sold for scrapping, 27 July 1977, along with three other ships, for $309,999. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 21 October 1977.[3]
See also
- Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
- List of ships of the United States Air Force
- Eastern Test Range
- Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division
- Missile Test Project
References
Bibliography
- Priolo, Gary P. (26 February 2021). "USNS Timber Hitch". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- Maritime Administration. "Timber Hitch". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- "SS Timber Hitch". Retrieved 10 January 2022.