TWIN FALLS T-AGM 11

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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 SS TWIN FALLS VICTORY, Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull
    Delivered April 4 1945 to War Shipping Administration for charter to McCormick SS Co.
    Chartered to Isthmian SS Co. June 24 1946
    Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, 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    Withdrawn from reserve January 25 1949 and chartered to Waterman SS Corp.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    Withdrawn from reserve October 30 1950 and chartered to States Marine Corp of Delaware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    Withdrawn from reserve February 6 1957 and chartered to American Export Lines, Inc.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    Withdrawn from reserve March 24 1960 permanently transferred to the US Air Force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 (AGM)

  1. USAFS TWIN FALLS
    Commissioned (date unknown)
    Acquired by Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) (date unknown)

  2. USNS TWIN FALLS T-AGM-11
    Placed In Service (date unknown) - Out of Service 1970
    Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA May 22 1970
    Redesignated Survey Ship AG-37 (date unknown), while in reserve

    Struck from Naval Register November 6 1972

  3. SS JOHN W. BROWN II
    Transferred to the City of New York Department of Education May 22 1973 and renamed

    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

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Killer Bar Text

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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

 


 

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