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USS Locator (AGR-6)
ex
 USS Locator (YAGR-6) (1956 - 1958)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Romeo - Whiskey
 NZRW
Voice Call Sign - "Retain Whiskey"
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Guardian Class Radar Picket Ship:
  • Laid down, 9 February 1945, as SS Frank O. Peterson, a Maritime Commission type (Z-EC2-S-C5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2347), at J. A. Jones Construction Co. Inc., Panama City, FL.
  • Launched, 23 March 1945
  • Delivered, 6 April 1945, to be operated under a WSA contract
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 8 October 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 10 June 1955, for conversion to a Radar Picket Ship at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Commissioned, USS Locator (YAGR-6), 21 January 1956, LCDR. Frank A. Wigner in command
  • Redesignated (AGR-6), 28 September 1958
  • Decommissioned, 9 August 1965
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River, N.Y.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 4 January 1975
    Specifications:
    Displacement 10,760 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 24'
    Speed 11 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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    Source
    Locator 32k USS Locator (AGR-6) underway off the Pacific coast, date unknown. Photo taken from USS Watchman (AGR-16). Frank McNamara
    USS Watchman (AGR-16) web site
    Locator 51k USS Locator (AGR-6) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Locator 80k USS Locator (AGR-6) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Robert M. Cieri
    USS Locator (YAGR-6 / AGR-6)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Wigner, Frank A.21 January 1956 - ?YAGR-6
    04LCDR. Malone, Roy Wilsonno datesAGR-6
    06LCDR. Donovan, James F.1963 - 7 July 1965AGR-6
    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
    YAGR's (Radar Picket Ships) Association
    Online Air Defense Radar Museum
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    Last Updated 24 August 2012