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AGEH-1 Plainview

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - November - Xray
Plainview Class Hydrofoil Research Ship:
  • Laid down, 8 May 1964, at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, 28 June 1965
  • Delivered to the Navy and placed in service, as Plainview (AGEH-1),1 March 1969
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1978
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 1 July 1979, to General Metals (now Schnitzer Metals) on the Hylebos waterway, Tacoma, WA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 310 t.
    Length 220' 6"
    Beam 40' 5"
    Draft 24' 4"
    Speed 40 kts.
    Complement 20
    Armament none
    Propulsion 2 diesel engines for conventional operations, two gas turbine engines of 14,000 hp each for hydroplane operations
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    Plainview 82k Plainview (AGEH-1) on the building ways, at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, WA, circa 1966.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Plainview 38k Plainview (AGEH-1) in flight in Elliot Bay, Seattle, WA. The ship was returning from sea trials enroute back to the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, WA yard on the Duwamish waterway. circa late 1967 or 1968.
    US Navy photo.    		 International Hydrofoil Society web page
    Plainview 37k Plainview (AGEH-1) with her foils raised at her moorings near Seattle, WA., circa 1966.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Plainview 44k Plainview (AGEH-1) moored with hydrofoils retracted in Elliot Bay with downtown Seattle in the background, date unknown. Larry Lee
    Plainview 80k Plainview (AGEH-1) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1973.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    PCH-1 98k Plainview (AGEH 1) (top) and High Point (PCH-1) (foreground) underway, date and location unknown.
    U.S. Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    View the Plainview (AGEH-1)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    International Hydrofoil Society - A Brief History of Plainview (AGEH-1)
    International Hydrofoil Society - Plainview Updates
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