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T-AGM-14 Rose Knot


USNS Rose Knot was operated by the US Air Force prior to being assigned to MSTS
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National Defense Service Medal
Rose Knot Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship:
  • Laid down, (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC 2466) at Pennsylvania Shipyard Inc., Beaumont, TX.
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission in May 1945
  • Acquired by the US Air Force in 1963 for service as a Missile Range Tracking Ship
  • Transferred to the US Navy in 1964 and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
  • Placed in service as Missile Range Instrumentation Ship USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14)
  • Placed out of service in 1968 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 9 October 1969
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD, 28 June 1977, fate unknown
    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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    Rose Knot 81k Rose Knot (T-AGM-14) moored pierside, Burmuda, 1968. Gene Taylor
    There is no DANFS history available for Rose Knot (AGM-14) at Navsource
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    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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