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YAGR / AGR-7 Picket

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal
Guardian Class Radar Picket Ship:
  • Laid down, 28 March 1945, as SS James F. Harrell, a Maritime Commission type (Z-EC2-S-C5) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 3138) at J. A. Jones Construction Co. Inc., Panama City, FL.
  • Launched, 17 May 1945
  • Delivered, 11 June 1945 to the Maritime Commission to be operated under a WSA contract by Alcoa Steamship Lines from June to October 1945
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 6 October 1945 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Re-actived in January 1947 and chartered U.S. Navigation Co., Baltimore, MD, from January 1947 to August 1948
  • Chartered by Boland and Cornelius Co., New York, N.Y. in August 1948
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, DL., from 29 August 1948 to 11 July 1955.
  • Acquired by the Navy, 12July 1955, for conversion to a Radar Picket Ship at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Commissioned, USS Picket (YAGR-7), 8 February 1956, at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Redesignated (AGR-7), 28 September 1958
  • Decommissioned, and struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1965
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold by MARAD for scrapping in 1978
    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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    USS Picket (YAGR-7)
    Picket 57k Picket (YAGR-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, September 1956 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Picket 112k Picket (YAGR-7) underway in San Francisco Bay, 1958. Robert M. Cieri
    USS Picket (AGR-7)
    Picket 71k Picket (AGR-7) underway, date and place unknown. Richard Higginbotham
    Picket 74k Picket (AGR-7) underway off San Francisco, CA., date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, April 1964 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The RADRONONE AGR'S
    YAGR's (Radar Picket Ships) Association
    Online Air Defense Radar Museum
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