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USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14)

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National Defense Service Medal

USNS Rose Knot was operated by the US Air Force prior to being assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service
Rose Knot Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship:
  • Laid down, (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC 2466) at Pennsylvania Shipyard Inc., Beaumont, TX.
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 5 May 1945
  • Placed in operation by the War Shipping Administration under General Agency Agreement from 5 May 1945 to 22 April 1946 with Lykes Brothers
  • Operated under the same type of agreement by Alaska Steamship Co. from 22 April 1946 to 17 June 1947
  • Operated by Pacific Atlantic Steamship Co. under a bare bottom charter from, 17 June 1947 to 10 December 1948, and a General Agency Agreement from 10 December 1948 to 3 January 1949
  • Laid up in the National Defense Fleet at Astoria, OR, 3 January 1949
  • Withdrawn from reserve for operation by Pacific Atlantic Steamship Co. from 19 November 1951 to 11 February 1954
  • Laid up in the National Defense Fleet at Astoria, OR, 11 February 1954
  • Withdrawn from reserve, 11 May 1955, for operation by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) through a general agency agreement by West Coast Trans-Oceanic Steamship until 27 October 1955
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA. 27 October 1955
  • Withdrawn from reserve, 8 June through 8 August 1956, in service under MSTS agreement with West Coast Steamship Co.
  • Reentered the Olympia fleet, 8 August 1956.
  • Title to the ship was transferred to the U.S. Air Force, 1 April 1957
  • After conversion to a range instrumentation ship she came under Commander, USAF Eastern Test Range (AFETR)
  • On 1 July 1964 the USAF tracking ships were transferred to the custody of the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
  • MSTS had administrative control of the ships and operational control when the ships were in port
  • AFETR had operational control when the ships were at sea
  • Placed out of service in 1968 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 9 October 1969
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by MARAD, 28 June 1977, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,366 t.(lt) 6,090 t.(fl)
    Length 338' 9"
    Beam 50' 4"
    Draft 17' 7"
    Speed 11.5 kts.
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Rose Knot
    09531402    		 162k
    Namesake
    Rose Knot - An 8 strand decorative knot that serves very well as a button knot.
    Courtesy Paracordguild.com    		 Tommy Trampp
    Rose Knot 81k USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14) moored pierside, Bermuda, 1968. Gene Taylor
    Rose Knot
    09531403    		 47k USNS Rose Knot (AGM-14) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    U.S. Navy photo from the US Naval Institute    		 John Spivey
    There is no DANFS history available for Rose Knot (AGM-14) at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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