USNS Haiti Victory
USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Haiti Victory |
| Namesake | Haiti |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration |
| Operator | Waterman Steamship Company |
| Ordered | as type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, MCV hull 532 |
| Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
| Yard number | Yard No. 1 |
| Laid down | 24 April 1944 |
| Launched | 20 July 1944 |
| Completed | 18 September 1944 |
| Acquired | 14 April 1948, by the US Army Transportation Service |
| Commissioned | date unknown, as USAT Haiti Victory |
| Decommissioned | 1 March 1950 |
| In service | 1 March 1950, with MSTS as USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238) |
| Out of service | date unknown |
| Renamed | January 1961, USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) |
| Fate | Rebuilt to Longview for US Navy |
| United States | |
| Name | Longview |
| Owner | US Navy |
| Acquired | 1961 US Navy |
| In service | 1 March 1950, with MSTS |
| Out of service | date unknown |
| Renamed | January 1961, USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) |
| Reclassified | 27 November 1960, Missile Range Instrumentation Ship |
| Stricken | date unknown |
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| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 27 April 1976, to American Ship Dismantlers |
| General characteristics | |
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| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft 2 in (8.89 m) |
| Installed power | 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) |
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| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
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SS Haiti Victory (T-AGM-238) was originally built and operated as Greenville class cargo Victory ship which operated as a cargo carrier in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean during World War II .
In 1960 she was renamed USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) Longview-class missile range instrumentation ship and converted to use as a missile tracking ship which operated in the Pacific Ocean Western Test Range until she was placed out of service and eventually disposed of.