USS Interdictor
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United States | |
Name | Edwin H. Duff |
Namesake | Edwin H. Duff |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | McCormack Steamship Co. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 3142 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida[2] |
Cost | $817,101[1] |
Yard number | 102 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 18 May 1945 |
Launched | 29 June 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Edwin H. Duff |
Completed | 27 July 1945 |
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Fate |
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United States | |
Name | Interdictor |
Namesake | One who prohibits |
Commissioned | 7 April 1958 |
Decommissioned | 5 August 1965 |
Reclassified | radar picket ship |
Refit | Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina |
Stricken | 1 September 1965 |
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General characteristics [4] | |
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Tonnage | |
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Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity | 490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale) |
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General characteristics (US Navy refit)[3] | |
Class and type | radar picket ship |
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Armament | 2 × 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber guns |
USS Interdictor (AGR/YAGR-13) was a
Construction
Interdictor (YAGR-13) was laid down on 18 May 1945, under a
Service history
She carried aircraft until entering the
She was converted to a
Fitted with the latest and best electronic search and tracking equipment, Interdictor sailed 2 May 1958, for shakedown training in the Caribbean. She departed Charleston, 18 July 1958, and sailed to her new home port, San Francisco, California.[5]
Arriving 13 August, the ship assumed her role as an ocean radar station ship, part of America's vast early warning defense system. Operating with search aircraft, Interdictor could detect, track, and report enemy aircraft at great distances, supplementing land-based radar stations, and controlling high-speed interceptor aircraft in case of attack. She also carried out weather reporting duties during her three to four week cruises in the Pacific Ocean.[5]
Interdictor's hull classification was changed 28 September 1958, to AGR-13. She continued on radar picket patrols for the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) out of San Francisco, until decommissioned 5 August 1965.[5]
Decommissioning
Her name was struck from the
Honors and awards
Interdictor's crew was eligible for the following medals:
See also
References
Bibliography
- "Interdictor". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- "SS Edwin H. Duff". Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- "USS Interdictor (AGR-13)". Navsource.org. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Interdictor at NavSource Naval History