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USS Georgetown (AGTR-2)
ex
 USS Georgetown (AG-165) (1963 - 1964)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Charlie - November
 NJCN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Oxford Class Technical Research Ship:
  • Laid down as SS Robert W. Hart, a Maritime Commission type (Z-EC2-S-C5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 3125) at New England Shipbuilding Corp., South Portland, ME.
  • Launched, 10 July 1945
  • Completed, and turned over to Agwilines, New York, N.Y. under a General Agency Agreement from the WSA
  • Returned to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, N.C., December 1946
  • Chartered, 31 January 1947, by Waterman Steamship Co., New Orleans, LA.
  • Returned to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA, 29 October 1947
  • Acquired by the Navy, 10 August 1962
  • Converted to a Miscellaneous Auxiliary, (Technical Research Ship), at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Commissioned USS Georgetown, (AG-165), 9 November 1963, at Norfolk, VA., CDR. W. A. Gleason in command
  • Redesignated Technical Research Ship (AGTR-2), 1 April 1964
  • Decommissioned, 19 December 1969
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final disposition, scrapped in 1971
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,365 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 59'
    Draft 22'
    Speed 11 Kts.
    Complement 16 officers and 278 enlisted
    Armament four .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion two 220 PSI boilers, a single three cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engine, single 4 blade, 18' 6" propeller, Shaft Horsepower, 2,500
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    Georgetown 177k USS Georgetown (AGTR-2) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Dennis Clouse
    Georgetown 135k USS Georgetown (AGTR-2) underway, date and location unknown. Tom Callahan via Dennis Clouse
    Georgetown 41k USS Georgetown (AGTR-2) underway, date and location unknown. From the collection of Frank Guilfoy
    via USS Oxford (AG-159/AGTR-1)
    web site
    Georgetown 80k USS Georgetown (AGTR-2) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
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