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T-AGM-6 Watertown

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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National Defense Service Medal
Watertown Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship:
  • Laid down in 1944 as Niantic Victory a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 100) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the Navy in 1960
  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and placed in service as Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, USNS Watertown (T-AGM-6), 11 August 1960
  • Placed out of service in 1971
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 16 February 1971
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD sale 23 May 1974, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,512 t.(lt) 11,500t.(fl)
    Length 455' 3"
    Beam 62' 2"
    Draft 28' 6"
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 56
    Armament none
    Propulsion cross compound steam turbine, single screw, 8,500shp
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    Watertown 21k Watertown (T-AGM-6) underway, date and place unknown Gunter Krebs
    Watertown 58k Watertown (T-AGM-6) pierside, Port Canaveral, FL. midships, 1967. Photo by James W. Holloway, Jr. (deceased), submitted by Jim Holloway
    Watertown 54k Watertown (T-AGM-6) pierside, Port Canaveral, FL., 1970. Observation Island (EAG-154) is in the background. Photo by James W. Holloway, Jr. (deceased), submitted by Jim Holloway
    There is no DANFS History currently available for Watertown (AGM-6) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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