.jpg) The U.S. Navy radar picket ship USSScanner (AGR-5),c. 1965.Scanner was decommissioned on 21 July 1965. | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Edwin D. Howard |
| Namesake | Edwin D. Howard |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Alcoa Steamship Co. Inc. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C5) hull,MC hull 2344 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida[1] |
| Cost | $1,004,408[2] |
| Yard number | 85 |
| Way number | 1 |
| Laid down | 24 January 1945 |
| Launched | 27 February 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. J. E. Davidson |
| Completed | 14 March 1945 |
| Identification | |
| Fate |
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 United States | |
| Name | Scanner |
| Namesake | One who examines and searches an area by regular sweeps |
| Commissioned | 30 January 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 21 July 1965 |
| Reclassified | Guardian-classradar picket ship |
| Refit | Norfolk Naval Shipyard,Norfolk, Virginia |
| Stricken | 1 September 1965 |
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| General characteristics[4] | |
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| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.5knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Capacity | 490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale) |
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| General characteristics (US Navy refit)[3] | |
| Class & type | Guardian-classradar picket ship |
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| Armament | 2 ×3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber guns |
USSScanner (AGR/YAGR-5) was aGuardian-classradar picket ship, converted from aliberty ship, acquired by theUnited States Navy in 1955. She was obtained from theNational Defense Reserve Fleet and reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the NorthPacific Ocean as part of theDistant Early Warning Line.
Scanner (YAGR-5) was laid down on 24 January 1945, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2344, as theliberty shipEdwin D. Howard, byJ.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida. She was launched on 27 February 1945, sponsored by Mrs. John E. Davidson, and delivered on 14 March 1945, to theAlcoa Steamship Company.[5][2]
She was acquired by the Navy from theUS Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 10 June 1955. She was converted to a radar picket ship at theNorfolk Naval Shipyard, and commissionedScanner on 30 January 1956.[5][3]
Scanner departedNorfolk, on 28 March 1956, for her home port,San Francisco, California, and commenced her first patrol in the Pacific Ocean in July 1956, with the seaward extension of America's early warning defense system.[5]
Fitted with sophisticated electronic search and tracking equipment,Scanner could detect, track, and report enemy aircraft at great distances, and control high speed interceptor aircraft in event of attack. She also carried out weather reporting duties during her three to four-week-long cruises.[5]
Scanner was redesignatedAGR-5 effective 28 September 1958. She was decommissioned on 21 July 1965, at San Francisco, and turned over toMaritime Administration (MARAD) custody on 26 July, atSuisun Bay, California. Struck from theNavy List on 1 September 1965, she was transferred permanently to the MARAD on 4 February 1966, and remained in the Suisun Bay reserve fleet until 3 October 1974, when she was sold for non-transport use.[5][3]
Scanner's crew was eligible for the following medals:
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