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T-AG-161 / T-AGM-2 / YFRT-524 Range Recoverer

Built for the US Army in 1944 as FS-278 by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, NY.; Acquired by the Navy April 1960; Converted by Pacific Ship Repair, San Francisco, CA.; Assigned to MSTS and placed In-service as Miscellaneous Auxiliary USNS Range Recoverer (T-AG-161), 22 June 1960; Reclassified as a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship (T-AGM-2), 27 November 1960; Placed Out-of-service, 1972; Reclassified as a Range Tender YFRT-524, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, 1 November 1974

Specifications: Displacement 550 t.(lt) 935 t.(fl); Length 176' 6"; Beam. 32'; Draft 11' 5"; Speed 10kts.; Complement 24; Propulsion diesel, two 500hp GE Diesel engines, twin screws.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	166k	"The log periodic antenna on the foremast - used for communications, can be tilted down for going under bridges. The quad helix antenna on the starboard wing, and the single helix on the port are used for tracking missiles, and the whip antennas used for communications. The Range Recoverer also had a state of the art sonar that was directional, and could be tilted 2º above the horizon to the bottom. One could see the navigation buoy mooring chains, and channel when approaching a harbor, etc., and could also locate pingers on objects." Captain Robert W. Broom, Master USNS Range Recoverer. US Navy photo		Courtesy Captain Robert (Bob) Broom, Master USNS Range Recoverer via Carl R Friberg Jr
	206k	-		Carl R Friberg Jr

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