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T-AGM-13 Sword Knot


USNS Sword Knot was operated by the US Air Force prior to being assigned to MSTS
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National Defense Service Medal
Sword Knot Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown), under Maritime Commission contract MC hull 2466, as a type (C1-M-AV1) hull at Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission May 1945
  • Acquired by the US Air Force in 1963
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1964 and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as a special mission ship, Missile Range Tracking Ship
  • Placed in service as USNS Sword Knot (T-AGM-13)
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1973
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,366 t.(lt) 6,090 t.(fl)
    Length 338' 9"
    Beam 50' 4"
    Draft 17' 7"
    Speed 11.5 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller
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    Sword Knot 64k Sword Knot (T-AGM-13) moored starboard side to and Coastal Crusader (T-AGM-16) moored port side to at Naval Facility Trinidad, circa 1967 Anonymous
    Coastal Crusader 86k Coastal Crusader (T-AGM-16) moored port side to and Sword Knot (T-AGM-13) moored starboard side to at Naval Facility Trinidad, circa 1967 Anonymous
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