USS Guardian (YAGR-1)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Guardian.
USS Guardian (AGR/YAGR-1) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, acquired by the US Navy in 1954. Her task was to act as part of the radar defenses of the United States in the Cold War, serving until 1965.
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USS Guardian (AGR-1), moored pierside, Boston, July 1960. | |
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Name | James G. Squires |
Namesake | James G. Squires |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Waterman Steamship Corp. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 3137 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida[1] |
Cost | $857,562[2] |
Yard number | 97 |
Way number | 5 |
Laid down | 20 March 1945 |
Launched | 8 May 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Elisa Broome |
Completed | 31 May 1945 |
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Name | Guardian |
Namesake | One who guards or protects |
Commissioned | 1 February 1955 |
Decommissioned | 28 July 1965 |
Reclassified | Guardian-class radar picket ship |
Refit | Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina |
Homeport | Newport, Rhode Island |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity | 490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale) |
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Class and type | Guardian-class radar picket ship |
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Armament | 2 × 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber guns |
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