USS Interpreter

USS Interpreter (AGR-14), underway, date and location unknown.
History
United States
NameDudley H.Thomas
NamesakeDudley H. Thomas
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorMerchants & Miners Transportation Company
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 2341
BuilderJ.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida[1]
Cost$1,036,875[2]
Yard number82
Way number3
Laid down5 January 1945
Launched8 February 1945
Sponsored byMiss Carriek Cobitt
Completed21 February 1945
Identification
Fate
United States
NameInterpreter
NamesakeOne who explains, translates, or tells the meaning of
Commissioned29 September 1958
Decommissioned1 July 1965
ReclassifiedGuardian-class radar picket ship
RefitPhiladelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stricken1 July 1965
Identification
Fate
General characteristics [4]
Class and type
Tonnage
Displacement
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa)
  • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale)
Complement
Armament
General characteristics (US Navy refit)[3]
Class and typeGuardian-class radar picket ship
Capacity
  • 443,646 US gallons (1,679,383 L; 369,413 imp gal) (fuel oil)
  • 68,267 US gallons (258,419 L; 56,844 imp gal) (diesel)
  • 15,082 US gallons (57,092 L; 12,558 imp gal) (fresh water)
  • 1,326,657 US gallons (5,021,943 L; 1,104,673 imp gal) (fresh water ballast)
Complement
  • 13 officers
  • 138 enlisted
Armament2 × 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber guns

USS Interpreter (AGR-14) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, acquired by the US Navy in 1957. She was reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Pacific Ocean as part of the Distant Early Warning Line.