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T-AK-256 Dalton Victory
T-AGM-5 Sunnyvale

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National Defense Service Medal
Greenville Victory Class Cargo Ship / Longview Class Missile Instrumentation Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP2) hull under a Maritime Commission contract (MCV 21) at California Shipbuilding Corp., Los Angeles, CA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered to the War Shipping Administration in 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 9 August 1950 and placed in service by MSTS as USNS Dalton Victory (T-AK-256)
  • Redesignated a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship and renamed USNS Sunnyvale (T-AGM-5), 27 October 1960
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 December 1974
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD exchange 17 July 1975
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,512 t.(lt) 15,589 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Draft 29'
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 99
    Armament
    (AK) one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount (stern), one 3"/50 gun mount (bow), eight 20mm AA guns
    (AGM) none
    Propulsion cross compound steam turbine, single screw, 8,500shp
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    Dalton Victory 56k Dalton Victory underway, circa 1944, place unknown. Note empty gun tubs. David Nixon
    USNS Dalton Victory (T-AK-256
    Dalton Victory 37k Dalton Victory (T-AK-256) underway, date and place unknown. Bill Valashinas
    Dalton Victory 130k Dalton Victory (T-AK-256) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1960. This photo shows Dalton Victory in her AGM configuration but at the time of the photo she was still carrying her AK designation.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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