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USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

USNS Rose Knot was operated by the US Air Force prior to being assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service

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, 5 May 1945

Placed in operation by the War Shipping Administration under General Agency Agreement from 5 May 1945 to 22 April 1946 with Lykes Brothers

Operated under the same type of agreement by Alaska Steamship Co. from 22 April 1946 to 17 June 1947

Operated by Pacific Atlantic Steamship Co. under a bare bottom charter from, 17 June 1947 to 10 December 1948, and a General Agency Agreement from 10 December 1948 to 3 January 1949

Laid up in the National Defense Fleet at Astoria, OR, 3 January 1949

Withdrawn from reserve for operation by Pacific Atlantic Steamship Co. from 19 November 1951 to 11 February 1954

Laid up in the National Defense Fleet at Astoria, OR, 11 February 1954

Withdrawn from reserve, 11 May 1955, for operation by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) through a general agency agreement by West Coast Trans-Oceanic Steamship until 27 October 1955

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA. 27 October 1955

Withdrawn from reserve, 8 June through 8 August 1956, in service under MSTS agreement with West Coast Steamship Co.

Reentered the Olympia fleet, 8 August 1956.

Title to the ship was transferred to the U.S. Air Force, 1 April 1957

After conversion to a range instrumentation ship she came under Commander, USAF Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

On 1 July 1964 the USAF tracking ships were transferred to the custody of the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)

MSTS had administrative control of the ships and operational control when the ships were in port

AFETR had operational control when the ships were at sea

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
09531402	162k	*Namesake* Rose Knot - An 8 strand decorative knot that serves very well as a button knot. Courtesy Paracordguild.com		Tommy Trampp
	81k	*USNS Rose Knot* (T-AGM-14)** moored pierside, Bermuda, 1968.		Gene Taylor

There is no DANFS history available for Rose Knot (AGM-14) at Navsource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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