USNS Sgt. Joseph E. Muller
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USNS Sgt. Joseph E. Muller was a C1-M-AV1 cargo ship completed 9 June 1945 and delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) as Check Knot. After operation by WSA's agent Waterman Steamship Company June 1945 – November 1946 and being placed in reserve the ship was transferred to the U.S. Army and renamed USAT Sgt. Joseph E. Muller. She was transferred to the United States Navy in 1950 after the establishment of the Military Sea Transportation Service under Navy and assigned to Korean War supply and transport operations. She was again place back in service in 1962 as one of the civilian crewed, Auxiliary General (AG), technical research ships working on National Security Agency/Naval Security Group missions, based out of Florida.[3] She was finally declared surplus to needs in 1969 and struck.[2]
History | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Namesake | Joseph E. Muller, who was awarded the Medal of Honor |
Builder | Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia |
Laid down | December 1944, as M/V Check Knot, type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2485 |
Launched | 17 February 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. D. R. Williams |
In service |
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Out of service | 1969 |
Refit | as a Miscellaneous auxiliary (technical research ship) at Maryland Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Baltimore, Maryland, in October 1962 |
Stricken | 25 October 1957 and on 16 September 1969 |
Identification | U.S. Official Number: 247488[1] |
Fate | Transferred to MARAD, 13 November 1969; sold on 3 October 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Type | C1-M-AV1 |
Tonnage | 3,805 GRT[1] |
Displacement | 6,090 tons[2] |
Length | 338 feet 9 inches (103.3 m)[2] |
Beam | 50 feet 4 inches (15.3 m)[2] |
Draft | 21 feet (6.4 m)[2] |
Propulsion | diesel, single propeller |
Speed | 11.5 knots |
Troops | 101[citation needed] |
Complement | 107 officers and enlisted[2] |
Armament | none |