USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup
American C1-M-AV1 coastal freighter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175) was a C1-M-AV1 coastal freighter. Built as Spindle Eye, one of the many named for knots.[Note 1][3] The ship, modified to be a "news transmission ship" for the press during the planned invasion of Japan, was completed 9 July 1945, delivered to the War Shipping Administration and placed under its agent Lykes Brothers Steamship Company the same day.[1][4][5] Days later, on 26 July, Spindle Eye was bareboat chartered to the War Department for operation by the Army.[1] The ship was renamed November 1947 by the Army, after serving as a radio relay ship at the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests and conversion to an Army passenger-cargo vessel, Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup in honor Sergeant Curtis F. Shoup who had been awarded the Medal of Honor.[6][5]
USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175) underway, date and location unknown. | |
History | |
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United States | |
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Namesake |
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Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2381 |
Builder | Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, California |
Laid down | 16 April 1945, as MV Spindle Eye |
Launched | 25 May 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Edgar Buttner |
Completed | 9 July 1945 |
In service |
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Out of service | 20 December 1969 |
Renamed | late-1947, USAT Curtis F. Shoup |
Refit | converted to a helicopter freighter at Willamette Iron & Steel in Portland, Oregon |
Stricken | 28 April 1970 |
Identification | Hull symbol:T-AG-175 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping , 9 May 1973, to John Liu, Washington, D.C. |
Notes | U.S. Official Number: 248,213[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Tonnage | 3,812 GRT[1] |
Displacement | 6,240 tons full load[2] |
Length | 388 ft 9 in (118.5 m)[2] |
Beam | 50 ft (15.240 m)[2] |
Draft | 16 ft 10 in (5.1 m)[2] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h)[2] |
Complement | 62 |
Armament | none |
After layup the U.S. Navy acquired the ship and placed her in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as the USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup. The ship was converted by the Navy into a helicopter freighter and later into a ship responsible for surveying, and oceanographic services. She was struck in 1970 and sold for scrapping.[7]