USNS Haiti Victory

USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238)
History
United States
Name	Haiti Victory
Namesake	Haiti
Owner	War Shipping Administration
Operator	Waterman Steamship Company
Ordered	as type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, MCV hull 532
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number	Yard No. 1
Laid down	24 April 1944
Launched	20 July 1944
Completed	18 September 1944
Acquired	14 April 1948, by the US Army Transportation Service
Commissioned	date unknown, as USAT Haiti Victory
Decommissioned	1 March 1950
In service	1 March 1950, with MSTS as USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK-238)
Out of service	date unknown
Renamed	January 1961, USNS Longview (T-AGM-3)
Fate	Rebuilt to Longview for US Navy
United States
Name	Longview
Owner	US Navy
Acquired	1961 US Navy
In service	1 March 1950, with MSTS
Out of service	date unknown
Renamed	January 1961, USNS Longview (T-AGM-3)
Reclassified	27 November 1960, Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
Stricken	date unknown
Identification	Hull symbol: T-AK-238 Hull symbol: T-AGM-3 IMO number: 7517442
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 27 April 1976, to American Ship Dismantlers
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Greenville Victory-class cargo ship (1945-1960) Longview-class missile range instrumentation ship (1960-)
Displacement	4,512 metric tons (4,441 long tons) (standard) 15,589 metric tons (15,343 long tons) (full load)
Length	455 ft (139 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Installed power	6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Westinghouse turbine 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 525psi 750° double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears 1 × shaft
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement	12 Officers 87 Enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose gun (Haiti) 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun (Haiti) 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft gun mounts (Haiti) none as AGM
Aviation facilities	Helicopter deck added 1961 2 × Hangars added 1961

SS Haiti Victory (T-AGM-238) was originally built and operated as Greenville class cargo Victory ship which operated as a cargo carrier in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean during World War II .

In 1960 she was renamed USNS Longview (T-AGM-3) Longview-class missile range instrumentation ship and converted to use as a missile tracking ship which operated in the Pacific Ocean Western Test Range until she was placed out of service and eventually disposed of.