 SSClaude B. Kitchin on the building ways at J. A. Jones Construction Co. Inc., Panama City, FL., prior to launching, 24 May 1945. | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Claude B. Kitchin |
| Namesake | Claude B. Kitchin |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | United Fruit Co. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C5) hull,MC hull 3139 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida[1] |
| Cost | $818,469[2] |
| Yard number | 99 |
| Way number | 4 |
| Laid down | 5 April 1945 |
| Launched | 24 May 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. F. D. Burge |
| Completed | 25 June 1945 |
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.jpg) USSLookout (AGR-2) underway, date and location unknown. | |
 United States | |
| Name | Lookout |
| Namesake | A careful watching for someone or something |
| Commissioned | 5 March 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 12 July 1965 |
| Reclassified | Guardian-classradar picket ship |
| Refit | Charleston Naval Shipyard,Charleston, South Carolina |
| Stricken | 1 September 1965 |
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| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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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)[4] | |
| Class & type | Guardian-classradar picket ship |
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| Armament | 2 ×3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber guns |
USSLookout (YAGR/AGR-2) was aGuardian-classradar picket ship, converted from aLiberty Ship, acquired by theUS Navy in 1954. She was reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the NorthAtlantic Ocean as part of theDistant Early Warning Line.
Lookout (YAGR-2) was laid down on 5 April 1945, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 3139, as theLiberty ShipClaude Kitchin, byJ.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida. She was launched 24 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. F. D. Burge; and delivered 25 June 1945, to theUnited Fruit Company.[5][2]
She was soon placed into theNational Defense Reserve Fleet until 13 August 1954, when she was acquired by the US Navy. She was converted to aradar picket ship at theCharleston Navy Yard,Charleston, South Carolina, and commissionedLookout (YAGR-2), 5 March 1955.[5][4]
Aftershakedown offNewport, Rhode Island,Lookout was assigned to radar picket duty in the1st Naval District. From 1956 to 1965, she operated on the Atlantic Ocean perimeter of the radar defense net established around theUnited States to warn of surprise air attack. On 28 September 1958, her classification was changed toAGR-2.Lookout's periods of 20 to 30 days at sea were alternated with inport replenishment atDavisville, Rhode Island.[5]
By the time she completed her 10th year of service in the spring of 1965,Lookout had distinguished herself in the defense of the Nation.[5]
She arrivedBayonne, New Jersey, 23 June, and decommissioned there 12 July 1965. Her name was struck from theNaval Register 1 September 1965.Lookout was transferred to theNational Defense Reserve Fleet,Hudson River Reserve Fleet,Jones Point, New York, where she remained until she was sold for scrap in 1970, to a scrapping firm inSpain.[5][4]
Lookout's crew was eligible for the following medals:
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