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T-AGM-8 Wheeling

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Wheeling Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship:
  • Laid down, 10 April 1945, as Seton Hall Victory, a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3), hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 686) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 21 June 1945
  • Acquired by the Navy in 1962
  • Assigned to MSTS and placed in service as the Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, USNS Wheeling (T-AGM-8), 28 May 1964
  • Placed out of service, (date unknown)
  • Returned to MARAD, (date unknown)
  • Assigned to experimental use, 1 July 1981
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 October 1990
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target as noted above
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,512 t.(lt) 11,500t.(fl)
    Length 455' 3"
    Beam 62' 2"
    Draft 28' 6"
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 56
    Propulsion cross compound steam turbine, single screw, 8,500shp
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    Wheeling 31k Wheeling (T-AGM-8) underway, date and place unknown. Gunter Krebs
    View the Wheeling (T-AGM-8) DANFS history entry located at Navsource.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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