USS Protector (AGR-11)
 USS Protector (AGR-11), underway, 12 October 1960, place unknown.
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 United States | |
| Name | Warren P. Marks |
| Namesake | Warren P. Marks |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Shepard Steamship Company |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 2346 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida[2] |
| Cost | $1,006,824[1] |
| Yard number | 87 |
| Way number | 5 |
| Laid down | 31 January 1945 |
| Launched | 15 March 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. E. M. Hinson |
| Completed | 29 March 1945 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Acquired by US Navy , 1957 |
 United States | |
| Name | Protector |
| Namesake | A guard or guardian |
| Commissioned | 20 February 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 28 July 1965 |
| Reclassified | radar picket ship |
| Refit | Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina |
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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 Protector (AGR/YAGR-11) was a
Liberty Ship acquired in 1957, 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
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Construction
The third ship to be so named by the Navy, Protector (YAGR–11) was laid down on 31 January 1945, under a
Liberty Ship Warren P. Marks, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida. She was launched 15 March 1945; sponsored by Mrs. E. M. Hinson; and delivered 29 March 1945, to the Shepard Steamship Company.[5][4]
Service history
Operated by the Shepard Steamship Co., from 1945 to 1957, Warren P. Marks was converted
Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and commissioned Protector (YAGR–11), 20 February 1957.[5][4]
After
Contiguous Radar Coverage System.[5]
Continuing her duties off the
Florida Straits and established a new radar picket station.[5]
On 10 February 1965, Protector terminated picket duty as the last picket ship to man Radar Picket Station No. 15 of NORAD Contiguous Radar Coverage System.[5]
Decommissioning
On 28 July 1965, she decommissioned at
US Maritime Administration (MARAD) National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, as an Emergency Relocation Center Ship, where she remained until she was towed to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard where her engine was removed. She was then placed for sale as scrap, with scrapping completed 30 November 2005.[5][4]
Military awards and honors
Protector's crew was eligible for the following medals:
See also
References
Bibliography
- "Protector II (YAGR-11)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 4 December 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 4 December 2019.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- "SS Warren P. Marks". Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- "USS Protector (AGR-11)". Navsource.org. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Protector at NavSource Naval History