TWIN FALLS T-AGM 11

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Twin Falls Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship Laid down 1944 as Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull at Oregon Shipbuilding Co., Portland, OR TWIN FALLS VICTORY (U.S. Victory Ship) Delivered April 4 1945 to War Shipping Administration (WSA) for charter to McCormick Steamship Co. Chartered to Isthmian SS Co. June 24 1946 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, CA November 18 1948 Withdrawn from reserve January 25 1949 and chartered to Waterman SS Corp. Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, AL January 7 1950 Withdrawn from reserve October 30 1950 and chartered to States Marine Corp of Delaware Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River, N.Y. November 6 1953 Withdrawn from reserve February 6 1957 and chartered to American Export Lines, Inc. Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA February 25 1968 Withdrawn from reserve March 24 1960 permanently transferred to the US Air Force Converted to Missile Range Instrumentation Ship USAFS TWIN FALLS (U.S. Air Force) Commissioned (date unknown) Reassigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) November 1963 USNS TWIN FALLS T-AGM-11 Placed In Service July 1 1964 - Deactivated on 14 November 1969 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA May 22 1970 Returned to Navy custody on 26 April 1971 for planned conversion to T-AGS-37 but conversion was later cancelled Struck from Naval Register effectively on 1 September 1972 and title was transferred to Maritime Administration (MA) on 2 November 1972 JOHN W. BROWN II (Training Ship) Transferred to the City of New York Department of Education May 22 1973 and renamed Served as a training facility for that city's Food and Maritime Trade High School Sold June 20 1982 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USNS TWIN FALLS Covers Page 1     (1967)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Postmark Patrick Air Force Base, FL

1965-05-05

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
National Defense Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Twin Falls, Idaho

 

Additional Naming History Sources

Shipscribe has a nice write-up on the ship's history

 

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