USNS_Timber_Hitch_(T-AGM-17)

USNS <i>Timber Hitch</i>

USNS Timber Hitch

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USNS Timber Hitch (T-AGM-17) was a US Navy missile range instrumentation ship which earlier operated as the US Air Force Ocean Range Vessel USAFS Timber Hitch (ORV-17) on the US Air Force's Eastern Test Range during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Timber Hitch operated under an Air Force contract with Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division headquartered in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

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Timber Hitch, assigned to the South Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean area, provided the Air Force with metric data on intercontinental ballistic missiles launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.

Timber Hitch operated in the intercontinental ballistic missile re-entry area near Ascension Island, and was home-ported out of Recife, Brazil.

Construction

SS Timber Hitch was laid down 26 August 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2315, by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd., Wilmington, California; she was sponsored by Mrs. Paul N. Mulvany, the wife of the assistant chief of the Construction & Inspection section at the regional office of MARCOM, and was launched on 10 October 1944.[1]

Acquisition by the Navy

Timber Hitch was acquired from the US Air Force by the US Navy, on 1 July 1964.

Operational data

Operational data while on US Navy service during post-1964 period on this vessel is lacking.

Inactivation

Timber Hitch was struck from the Navy List 9 October 1969. She was sold for scrapping, 27 July 1977, along with three other ships, for $309,999. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 21 October 1977.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    MARCOM.
  2. [2]
    Priolo 2021.
  3. [3]
    MARAD.

Bibliography

  • Priolo, Gary P. (26 February 2021). "USNS Timber Hitch". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  • Maritime Administration. "Timber Hitch". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  • "SS Timber Hitch". Retrieved 10 January 2022.



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