USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164) was built as SS Kingsport Victory, a United States Maritime Commission VC2-S-AP3 (Victory) type cargo ship. During the closing...
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Area Kingsport Mets, a minor league baseball team based in Kingsport, Tennessee Kingsport, Nova Scotia, a village in Nova Scotia USNS Kingsport (T-AG...
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Kingsport Victory, which later became USNS Kingsport, was named in honor of the city. The city is home to the Kingsport Axmen, a collegiate summer baseball...
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, telephoned Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa aboard USNS Kingsport (the first satellite communication ship) docked in Lagos Harbor—the...
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tenders: USNS Norwalk, built as SS Norwalk Victory USNS Furman, built as SS Furman Victory USNS Victoria, built as SS Ethiopia Victory USNS Marshfield...
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Victory (AK-236) USNS Greenville Victory (T-AK-237) USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238) USNS Kingsport Victory (T-AK-239), later T-AG-164 USNS Private John R...
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USS Kingsbury (APA-177/LPA-177) USS Kingsmill (DE-280) USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164) USNS Kingsport Victory (T-AK-239) USS Kingsville (LCS-36) USS Kinkaid...
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NASA program, allowing him to phone for President Kennedy from the USNS Kingsport docked at Lagos Harbor via the SYNCOM satellite on 23 August 1963. It...
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to phone Nigerian prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa aboard the USNS Kingsport docked in Lagos on August 23, 1963. The first satellite placed in a...
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(2nd from right) talks to President John F. Kennedy on the first live broadcast via the SYNCOM satellite from USNS Kingsport in Lagos, Nigeria (1963)....
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164, Saskatchewan in Saskatchewan, Canada USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164) was a cargo vessel during World War II USNS Petrolite (T-AO-164) was a T2 tanker during...
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July 1944 20 Kingsport VictorySS Kingsport Victory VC2-S-AP3 4 April 1944 29 May 1944 12 July 1944 Became USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164), a satellite communications...
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USNS Private Francis X. McGraw (T-AK-241) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship built at the end of World War II and served the war and its demilitarization...
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acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1950 and renamed the USNS Dalton Victory (T-AK-256). In 1960 she was renamed USNS Sunnyvale (T-AGM-5) and rebuilt and placed in...
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USNS Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton (T-AKV-5 /T-AK-276) was a Lt. James E. Robinson-class cargo ship constructed during World War II as a Victory ship and named...
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into service with Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Furman (T-AK-280) on 30 December 1963. USNS Furman regular assignment into the 1970s was the transportation...
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USNS Private John R. Towle (T-AK-240) was a Greenville Victory-class cargo ship that served as a commercial cargo ship during the final year of World War...
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USNS Sgt. Sylvester Antolak (AP-192/T-AP-192) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship that served as a United States Army Transport, and in the United States...
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Service Ship Photo Archive - USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AK-274) – ex - USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AG-170) (1962 - 1964) - USNS LT. James E. Robinson (T-AKV-3)...
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mariners-l.co.uk. "T-AK 282 USNS Marshfield, United States Navy, Coulport, 25 January 1989". May 2, 2010 – via Flickr. "USNS Marshfield". Ships Nostalgia...
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USAT Greenville Victory. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1950, renamed USNS Greenville Victory (T-AK-237) and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation...
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USNS Pvt. Joseph F. Merrell (T-AK-275), (former SS Grange Victory), was a Victory ship and the second ship of the Lt. James E. Robinson-class cargo ship...
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Mariana Islands closed. USNS Stalwart and USNS Worthy (T-AGOS-14) monohull SURTASS ships were withdrawn with SWATH hull USNS Victorious (T-AGOS-19) accepted...
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USNS Rollins (T-AG-189) was one of 12 ships scheduled to be acquired by the United States Navy in February 1966 and converted into forward depot ships...
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ship, two other ships followed in this new class the USNS Private Joe E. Mann (T-AK-253) and the USNS Dalton Victory (T-AK-256). Longview was transferred...
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USNS Private Joe E. Mann (T-AK-253) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship acquired in 1950, from the U.S. Army, where she was known as the USAT Private...
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USNS Private Joe P. Martinez (T-AP-187) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship built for the United States Navy during the closing period of World War...
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placed into service with Military Sealift Command as USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279) on 30 December 1963. USNS Norwalk made her first voyage early in 1964 to Holy...
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SS Bessemer Victory (redirect from USNS Bessemer)
cargo-carrying service during the Vietnam War, she was assigned the name USNS Bessemer and the designation T-AG-186 on 1 February 1966 (though the ship...
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USNS Lt. George W. G. Boyce (T-AK-251) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship built for the U.S. Maritime Commission during the final months of World War...
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