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in Washington, D.C.. Charts and sailing directions for the historic World War II area were revised as a result. Between May 1963 and November 1965 78,500 nmi (90,300 mi; 145,400 km) of magnetic and other data were collected in an irregular pattern using LORAN-A, radar, celestial and
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Though designed to cover the invasion of Japan the ship did not sail until 16 September 1945. The Army public relations staff used the ship to transport correspondents on a tour of Nagasaki, Korea and Shanghai. The ship remained in theater until April 1946.
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requested a vessel for the press, a "news transmission ship" with full facilities, on 22 May 1945. The facilities would include broadcasting facilities, correspondent quarters, a press room, and capability to carry vehicles. The vessel finally provided was
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was a relay radio ship for the atomic bomb tests Bikini, Operation Crossroads, before conversion to an Army passenger ship. The ship was one of several renamed by the Army in 1947 for those awarded the
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was withdrawn from service and stripped of oceanographic equipment on 20 December 1969. On 22 January 1970, she was returned to the Maritime Administration and laid up in the
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Number 4 Yard. The ship was launched on 25 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Edgar Buttner; and delivered to the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company on 9 July 1945. On 27 July
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In November 1966 the ship was placed under the technical control of the Naval Oceanographic Office to meet increased requirements for gravity data. With
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in the southwest Pacific Ocean, servicing survey sites which were being established to support the nation's missile and space projects.
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After layup the U.S. Navy acquired the ship and placed her in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as the
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for operation by the Army. The ship was renamed November 1947 by the Army, after serving as a radio relay ship at the
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on 28 April 1970. On 9 May 1973, she was sold to Mr. John Liu of Washington, D.C., for non-transportation purposes.
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conducted various oceanographic operations along a track pattern from roughly 20 to 140 miles from the
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was designed to ferry war correspondents, but World War II ended before she could perform this duty.
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A Ribbon For The Gorgon's Locks (article)β€”Deadline Delayed (article collection title)
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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - T-AG-175 Sgt Curtis F. Shoup
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in 1950 when the Army fleet was being transferred to the Navy or laid up.
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was bareboat chartered to the War Department for operation by the Army.
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atomic bomb tests and conversion to an Army passenger-cargo vessel,
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U. S. Army Transportation In The Southwest Pacific Area 1941-1947
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U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office Geomagnetic Surveys 1953 β€” 1965
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Sold for scrapping , 9 May 1973, to John Liu, Washington, D.C.
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helicopters flew from her deck, and she carried four to six
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Saga of a Ship's Unusual Voyage in Far-off South Sea Waters
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services. She was struck in 1970 and sold for scrapping.
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Index

MS Spindle Eye
USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175) underway, date and location unknown.
Spindle Eye
Curtis F. Shoup
Medal of Honor
MC
Kaiser Cargo Inc.
Richmond, California
Willamette Iron & Steel
Portland, Oregon
Hull symbol
C1-M-AV1
GRT
Nordberg Diesel
diesel
shaft
C1-M-AV1
War Shipping Administration
Lykes Brothers Steamship Company
bareboat chartered
War Department
Operation Crossroads
Sergeant Curtis F. Shoup
oceanographic
Maritime Commission
Kaiser Cargo Inc.
Richmond, California
General MacArthur
Army Transport Service
Signal Corps

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