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USS Picket (YAGR-7) |
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357k | The U.S. Navy’s seventh ocean station radar vessel, USS Picket (YAGR-7), photographed after commissioning at the Norfolk
Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA. Assigned to the West Coast radar screen, this converted liberty ship will have a wide range of recreational facilities designed to ease
the strain of long voyages put on its 172 man crew. These facilities will include a fully equipped hobby shop; motion picture theater basketball, badminton; tennis and
squash courts; gymnasium; archery and golf driving ranges; plus, a hi-fi speaker system for living and messing spaces. Its new role will be with the Continental Air
Defense Command, as a safeguard against enemy air or surface attack. US Navy photo # USN 686065 |
National Museum of the US Navy | |
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310k | USS Picket (YAGR-7) docking at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 13 April 1956 with the assistance of Satanta (YTM 270). US Navy photo # 28941 from the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum |
Darryl Baker | |
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57k | USS Picket (YAGR-7) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, September 1956 issue. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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112k | USS Picket (YAGR-7) underway in San Francisco Bay, 1958. | Robert M. Cieri | |
USS Picket (AGR-7) |
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71k | USS Picket (AGR-7) underway, date and location unknown. | Richard Higginbotham | |
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74k | USS 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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91k | USS Picket (AGR-7) under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
Commanding Officers | |||
01 | LCDR. Antink, Joseph Richard, USN | 8 February 1956 - June 1957 | YAGR-7 |
02 | LCDR. Larsen, Fred Herbert, USN | June 1957 - January 1958 | YAGR-7 |
03 | LT. Hoskinson, Elijah Palmer, USN | January 1958 - 30 November 1960 | YAGR-7/AGR-7 |
04 | LCDR. Stewart, Rodney Lee, USN | 30 November 1960 - February 1961 | YAGR-7/AGR-7 |
05 | LCDR. Bodamer, Robert Earl, USN | February 1961 - 14 November 1962 | AGR-7 |
06 | LCDR. Jaeger, Adolphus Frederick, USN | 14 November 1962 - 16 November 1964 | AGR-7 |
07 | LCDR. Jones, Carol William, USN | 16 November 1964 - 7 July 1965 | AGR-7 |
08 | LT. Williams, Patrick Henry USN (OIC) | 7 July 1965 - 30 July 1965 | AGR-7 |
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