USSDalton Victory (T-AK-256)
History
United States
Name	Dalton Victory
Namesake	Dalton, Georgia, and Dalton, Ohio
Owner	War Shipping Administration (1944–1950)
Operator	Sudden & Christenson Inc (1944–1946), Moore McCormack Lines, Inc. (1946–1947)
Ordered	as type (VC2-S-AP3) hull,MCV hull 21
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Laid down	8 April 1944, as SSDalton Victory
Launched	6 June 1944
Completed	19 July 1944
Acquired	2 April 1948, by the US Army Transportation Service
Renamed	USNSDalton Victory (T-AK-256)
Reclassified	MSTS
Identification	Hull symbol: T-AK-256
Fate	Transferred to US Navy, 8 August 1950
United States
Name	Sunnyvale
Namesake	Sunnyvale, California
Acquired	US Navy 8 August 1950
Reclassified	27 October 1960, T-AGM-5
Stricken	15 December 1974
Identification	Hull symbol: T-AK-256 Hull symbol: T-AGM-5
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 17 July 1975, to National Metal & Steel Corp.
General characteristics[1]
Class & type	Greenville Victory-classcargo ship (1945-1960) Longview-classmissile range instrumentation ship (1960-1974)
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	8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × cross compound steam turbine 1 ×shaft
Speed	15.5knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement	99
Armament	1 ×5 in (130 mm)/38-caliberdual-purpose gun (Dalton Victory only) 1 ×3 in (76 mm)/50-caliber dual-purpose gun (Dalton Victory only) 8 ×20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft gun mounts (Dalton Victory only) none as USNSSunnyvale
Aviation facilities	Helicopter deck added 1960 2 ×Hangars added 1960

SSDalton Victory was built asVictory ship used as acargo ship forWorld War II under theEmergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by theCalifornia Shipbuilding Company on 6 June 1944 and completed on 19 July 1944 as aGreenville Victory-class cargo ship. The ship’sUnited States Maritime Commission designation was VC2- S- AP3, hull number 21. She was acquired by theU.S. Navy in 1950 and renamed theUSNSDalton Victory (T-AK-256).

In 1960 she was renamedUSNSSunnyvale (T-AGM-5) and rebuilt and placed in service as amissile range instrumentation ship, and assigned to thePacific Missile Range, where she performed missile tracking duties.

Dalton Victory (T-AK-256) was built byCalifornia Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, California, and was completed in 1944.

SSDalton Victory served in thePacific War in World War II. She was aUnited States Merchant Marine ship. She was operated bySudden & Christenson Inc from 19 July 1944 to 27 May 1946. On 27 May 1946, her operations was transferred to the Moore McCormack Lines, Inc till 3 October 1947. As a Merchant Marine ship she had a Merchant Marine crew and aUnited States Navy Armed Guard to man thedeck guns.Dalton Victory had enemy attacks from the air, subs and ships. She was placed in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet in theJames River on 3 October 1947. One 2 April 1948, she was removed from theReserve Fleet and put under theUS Army Transportation Service. During the War the SSDalton Victory too supplies to Pacific War. She was at theBattle of Leyte,Battle of Okinawa andBattle of Iwo Jima. During and after the war she had the difficult task of returning the bodies of fallen troops back to the US.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Dalton Victory was acquired by the Navy and assigned to theMilitary Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as aGreenville Victory-class cargo ship in a noncommissioned status on 9 August 1950. SSDalton Victory served as cargo ship supplying goods for theKorean War. SSDalton Victory transported goods, mail, food and other supplies, making trips between the US and Korea.^[9][10]

On 27 October 1960Dalton Victory was reconfigured as amissile range instrumentation ship and renamed USNSSunnyvale (T-AGM-5).^{[citation needed]}

USNSSunnyvale carried out a multitude of duties in the Pacific Ocean through 1962, including operations in support of thePacific Missile Range,Point Mugu, California.^{[citation needed]}

Two other ships were reconfigured in to this new class,Longview-class missile range instrumentation ship, theUSNS Private Joe E. Mann (T-AK-253) and theUSNS Longview (T-AGM-3).^{[citation needed]}

Sunnyvale was placed out of service at an unknown date, and was struck from theNavy List on 15 December 1974. She was disposed of by theU.S. Maritime Administration on 17 July 1975.

• Sunnyvale appears in Season 5 Episode 1 of the television crime dramaThe Streets of San Francisco at about 24'05". The episode is titled "The Thrill Killers: Part 1" and it aired on 30 September 1976 in the US, according toIMDb.

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