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T-AK-253 Private Joe E. Mann
T- AGM-4 Richfield
Longview Class Missile Instrumentation Ship: Laid down, 12 June 1945, as Owensboro Victory, a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 719), at Permanente Metals Corp., Yard #2, Richmond, CA.; Launched, 21 July 1945; Delivered to the Maritime Commission for operation by Coastwise Lines, 27 August 1945; Returned to the Maritime Commission in September 1946; Acquired by the US Army Transportation Corps, 31 October 1947; Commissioned as USAT Private Joe E. Mann; Returned to the Maritime Commission and simultaneously transferred
to the US Navy, 7 August 1950, to placed in service by MSTS as USNS Private Joe. E Mann (T-AK-253); Converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, Assigned to MSTS and placed in service as USNS Richfield (T-AGM-4), 27 November 1960; Placed out of service, and transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 21 November 1968; Final disposition, fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 4,512 t.(lt) 15,589 t.(fl); Length 455'; Beam 62'; Draft 29'; Speed 15.5kts; Complement 99; Propulsion, cross compound steam turbine, single screw, 8,500shp.
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