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USS Lookout (AGR-2)
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 USS Lookout (YAGR-2) (1955 - 1958)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Navy Expeditionary Medal (2-Cuba) - National Defense Service Medal
Guardian Class Radar Picket Ship:
  • Laid down, 5 April 1945, as SS Claude B. Kitchen, a Maritime Commission type (Z-EC2-S-C5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 3139) at J. A. Jones Construction Co. Inc., Panama City, FL.
  • Launched, 24 May 1945
  • Delivered in May 1945 to the Maritime Commission to be laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 13 August 1954 and converted to a Radar Picket Ship at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C,
  • Commissioned, USS Lookout (YAGR-2), 5 March 1955, at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston S.C., LCDR.Theodore E. Kreuger in command
  • Redesignated (AGR-2), 28 September 1958
  • Decommissioned, 12 July 1965, at Bayonne, N.J.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1965
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in November 1970 at Bilbao, Spain
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,760 t.(fl)
    Length 441'
    Beam 57'
    Draft 27'
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement 13 officers, 138 enlisted
    Armament two 3"/50 guns
    Capacities
    Fuel Oil, 443,646 gals.
    Diesel, 68,267 gals.
    Fresh Water, 15,082 gals.
    Ballast, 1,326,657 gals fresh water
    Propulsion
    two 220 PSI boilers
    one 3 cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engine,
    one 4 blade, 18' 6" propeller,
    Shaft Horsepower 2,500
    Electric Generators 2
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    SS Claude B. Kitchen
    Lookout 113k SS Claude B. Kitchen on the building ways at J. A. Jones Construction Co. Inc., Panama City, FL., prior to launching, 24 May 1945. David Nixon
    USS Lookout (AGR-2)
    Lookout 23k USS Lookout (AGR-2) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Gene Mcmanus Webmaster
    Online Air Defense Radar Museum
    USS Lookout (YAGR-2 / AGR-2)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Kreuger, Theodore E.5 March 1955 - ?YAGR-2
     LCDR. Farley, James W.no datesYAGR-2
     LCDR. McLoughlin, James1964 - 12 July 1965AGR-2
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Lookout AGR-2
    YAGR's (Radar Picket Ships) Association
    Online Air Defense Radar Museum
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    Last Updated 5 December 2010