USNS Sgt. Archer T. Gammon
USNS Archer T. Gammon (T-AK-243) moored pierside. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
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| Namesake |
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| Ordered | as type (VC2-S-AP2) hull, MCV hull 725 |
| Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California |
| Laid down | 13 December 1944, as SS Yale Victory |
| Launched | 31 January 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Richard W. Owens |
| Completed | 24 February 1945 |
| Acquired | 18 June 1946 |
| Commissioned | 31 October 1947 as USAT Sgt. Archer T. Gammon |
| Decommissioned | 1 March 1950 |
| In service | 1 March 1950 as USNS Sgt. Archer T. Gammon (T-AK-243) |
| Out of service | spring of 1973 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1973 |
| Identification | Hull symbol:T-AK-243 |
| Honours & awards | National Defense Service Medal |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 9 November 1973, to Chi Shun Hua Steel Co., Ltd., of Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Boulder Victory-class cargo ship |
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| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft 2 in (8.89 m) |
| Installed power | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
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| Speed | 15.5 kn (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h) |
| Complement | 51 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | none |
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USNS Sgt. Archer T. Gammon (T-AK-243) was a Boulder Victory-class cargo ship built at the end of World War II and served the war and its demilitarization as a commercial cargo vessel. From 1946 to 1950 she served the U.S. Army as a transport named USAT Sgt. Archer T. Gammon. In 1950 she was acquired by the United States Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service. In 1973 she ended her career and was struck and scrapped.