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USNS Twin Falls (T-AGM-11)
ex
USAFS Twin Falls

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Twin Falls Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship:

Laid down in 1944 as SS Twin Falls Victory, a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 167) at Oregon Shipbuilding Co., Portland, OR.

Delivered to the War Shipping Administration for charter to McCormick SS Co., at Portland, OR., 4 April 1945

Chartered to Isthmian SS Co., at New Orleans, LA., 24 June 1946

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 18 November 1948

Withdrawn from reserve and chartered to Waterman SS Corp., 25 January 1949

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL., 7 January 1950

Withdrawn from reserve and chartered to States Marine Corp of Delaware at Mobile, AL., 30 October 1950

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River, N.Y., 6 November 1953

Withdrawn from reserve and chartered to American Export Lines, Inc., at the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, 6 February 1957

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 25 February 1968

Withdrawn from reserve, permanently transferred to the US Air Force, 24 March 1960

Converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship

Commissioned USAFS Twin Falls, date unknown

Acquired by the Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service, date unknown, and placed in service as USNS Twin Falls (T-AGM-11))

Placed out of service circa 1970

Redesigned Survey Ship AGS-37, date unknown

Returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA, 22 May 1970

Struck from the Naval Register, 6 November 1972

Transferred to the City of New York Department of Education, 22 May 1973, renamed SS John W. Brown II

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 20 June 1982 by MARAD to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp under Ship Exchange Program contract MA-10875, dated 8 June 1982

Specifications:
Displacement 4,512 t.(lt) 11,500t.(fl)
Length 455' 3"
Beam 62' 2"
Draft 28' 6"
Speed 15.5 kts.
Complement 56
Armament none
Propulsion cross compound steam turbine, single screw, 8,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USNS Twin Falls (T-AGM-11)
	72k	*USNS Twin Falls* (T-AGM-11) pierside, Port Canaveral, FL., December 1969. Across the channel is USS Observation Island (EAG-154) and forward of Twin Falls is possibly USNS Vanguard (T-AGM-19)**.	Photo by James W. Holloway, Jr. (deceased), submitted by Jim Holloway
	33k	*USNS Twin Falls* (T-AGM-11)** underway at Port Canaveral, FL., date unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	251k	*USNS Twin Falls* (T-AGM-11)** underway date and location unknown.	Terje Fjeldheim
SS John W. Brown II (City of New York)
09531106	152k	(Ex-Twin Falls (T-AGM-11) moored alongside SS John W. Brown I, May 1973, on the Hudson River in New York City *Twin Falls* will be renamed SS John W. Brown II and will replace SS John W. Brown I as the New York City's Metropolitan Vocational High School training ship for maritime students. US National Archives and Records Administration ID 549931 Local ID: 412-DA-7446	Robert Hurst
	521k	SS John W. Brown II (ex-Twin Falls (T-AGM-11) moored on the Hudson River in New York City while serving as that city's Metropolitan Vocational High School.training ship for maritime students, May 1978..	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	1243k	SS John W. Brown II moored on the Hudson River in New York City while serving as that city's Metropolitan Vocational High School training ship for maritime students, May 1978..	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus