File:USS Picket (AGR-7) in 1956.jpg
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DescriptionUSS Picket (AGR-7) in 1956.jpg | The U.S. Navy radar picket ship USS Picket (YAGR-7) in 1956. Picket was laid down on 28 March 1945 as a Z-EC2-S-C5 type Liberty ship, SS James F. Harrell (MCE hull 3138) by J. A. Jones Construction Co., Panama City, Florida (USA); launched on 17 May 1945, she was delivered for merchant marine service on 11 June 1945. Acquired by the U.S. Navy on 12 July 1955, and renamed Picket, the merchant ship was towed to the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, for conversion to radar station ship YAGR-7. She was commissioned on 8 February 1956, and was reclassified AGR-7 on 28 September 1958. From 1956 to 1965, Picket used her long range radar and communications equipment to serve the North American Air Defense Command. She was decommissioned on 1 September 1965. |
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Source | U.S. Navy All Hands magazine September 1956, p. 25. |
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