USS Lookout
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USS Lookout (YAGR-2)
) SS Claude B. Kitchin on the building ways at J. A. Jones Construction Co. Inc., Panama City, FL., prior to launching, 24 May 1945.
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 United States | |
| Name | Claude B. Kitchin |
| Namesake | Claude B. Kitchin |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | United Fruit Co. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 3139 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida[2] |
| Cost | $818,469[1] |
| Yard number | 99 |
| Way number | 4 |
| Laid down | 5 April 1945 |
| Launched | 24 May 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. F. D. Burge |
| Completed | 25 June 1945 |
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.jpg) USS Lookout (AGR-2) underway, date and location unknown.
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 United States | |
| Name | Lookout |
| Namesake | A careful watching for someone or something |
| Commissioned | 5 March 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 12 July 1965 |
| Reclassified | radar picket ship |
| Refit | Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina |
| Stricken | 1 September 1965 |
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| General characteristics [3] | |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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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)[4] | |
| Class and type | radar picket ship |
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| Armament | 2 × 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber guns |
USS Lookout (YAGR/AGR-2) was a
US Navy in 1954. She was reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Atlantic Ocean as part of the Distant Early Warning Line
.
Construction
Lookout (YAGR-2) was laid down on 5 April 1945, under a
Liberty Ship Claude Kitchin, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida. She was launched 24 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. F. D. Burge; and delivered 25 June 1945, to the United Fruit Company.[5][1]
Service history
She was soon placed into the
Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and commissioned Lookout (YAGR-2), 5 March 1955.[5][4]
After
1st Naval District. From 1956 to 1965, she operated on the Atlantic Ocean perimeter of the radar defense net established around the United States to warn of surprise air attack. On 28 September 1958, her classification was changed to AGR-2. Lookout's periods of 20 to 30 days at sea were alternated with inport replenishment at Davisville, Rhode Island.[5]
By the time she completed her 10th year of service in the spring of 1965, Lookout had distinguished herself in the defense of the Nation.[5]
Decommissioning
She arrived
Naval Register 1 September 1965. Lookout was transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, where she remained until she was sold for scrap in 1970, to a scrapping firm in Spain.[5][4]
Military awards and honors
Lookout's crew was eligible for the following medals:
See also
References
Bibliography
- "Lookout". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- "SS Claude B. Kitchin". Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- "USS Lookout (AGR-2)". Navsource.org. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Lookout at NavSource Naval History