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USNS Longview (T-AGM-3)
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USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238) (1950 - 1960)


International Radio Call Signs,

USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238)
1950 International Radio Call Sign:
Nan - Yoke - Easy - Dog
NYED

USNS Longview (T-AGM-3)
1960 International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Sierra - Kilo
NJSK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Greenville Victory Class Cargo Ship / Longview Class Missile Instrumentation Ship:
  • Laid down, 24 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 532) at Permanente Metals Corp., Yard No. 1, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 20 July 1944
  • Delivered to the WSA, 18 September, 1944 and placed in operation as SS Haiti Victory under charter by Waterman Steamship Co.
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 9 January 1948, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, N.C.
  • Acquired by the US Army Transportation Command, 14 April 1948, commissioned USAT Haiti Victory
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 1 March 1950 and placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238)
  • Reclassified and converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, 27 November 1960
  • Renamed USNS Longview (T-AGM-3), January 1961
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 4 November 1974, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 27 April 1976, to American Ship Dismantlers
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,512 t.(lt) 15,589 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Draft 29'
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 12
    Enlisted 87
    Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
    Cargo Capacity 7,800 DWT
    non-refrigerated 453,210 Cu ft.
    Armament
    (AK)
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount (stern)
    one 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount (bow)
    eight 20mm AA guns
    (AGM) none
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 18,575 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Westinghouse steam turbine
    two Babcock and Wilcox 525 psi 750°
    double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears
    two turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 6,000shp

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    USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238)
    Haiti Victory 58k USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238) at anchor, date and location unknown. William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain
    President, MSC Retiree Association
    Haiti Victory 123k USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1960. This photo shows Haiti Victory in her AGM configuration but at the time of the photo she was still carrying her AK designation.
    Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Haiti Victory 93k USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1960. This photo shows Haiti Victory in her AGM configuration but at the time of the photo she was still carrying her AK designation.
    Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    USNS Longview (T-AGM-3)
    Longview 70k USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Longview 321k USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from the collections of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum.
    Darryl Baker
    Longview
    0913023808
    191k USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) underway, 15 April 1962, location unknown.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 88077
     
    Longview 3197k A USAF 6594th Recovery Control Group Sea King helicopter landing aboard USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) in the Hawaiian area, July 1966.
    Photo 0913023806-courtesy of Bill Wood
    Photo 0913023807-USAF 6594 Test Group
    Robert Hurst
    Longview 495k
    Haiti Victory
    0913023809
    225k USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) underway off Hawaii, date unknown. Nicholas Tiberio

    USNS Haiti Victory (AK-238) / USNS Longview (AGM-3)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Haiti Victory MARAD Vessel History Database
    Longview MARAD Vessel History Database
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