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USS Dalton Victory (T-AK-256)
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USNS Dalton VictoryUnited States
NameDalton Victory
Namesake
  • Dalton, Georgia, and
  • Dalton, Ohio
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (1944–1950)
OperatorSudden & Christenson Inc (1944–1946), Moore McCormack Lines, Inc. (1946–1947)
Orderedas type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, MCV hull 21
BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Laid down8 April 1944, as SS Dalton Victory
Launched6 June 1944
Completed19 July 1944
Acquired2 April 1948, by the US Army Transportation Service
RenamedUSNS Dalton Victory (T-AK-256)
ReclassifiedMSTS
IdentificationHull symbol: T-AK-256
FateTransferred to US Navy, 8 August 1950
USNS Dalton VictoryUnited States
NameSunnyvale
NamesakeSunnyvale, California
AcquiredUS Navy 8 August 1950
Reclassified27 October 1960, T-AGM-5
Stricken15 December 1974
Identification
  • Hull symbol: T-AK-256
  • Hull symbol: T-AGM-5
FateSold for scrapping, 17 July 1975, to National Metal & Steel Corp.
General characteristics [1]
Class and type
  • Greenville Victory-class cargo ship (1945-1960)
  • Longview-class missile 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)
Length455 ft (139 m)
Beam62 ft (19 m)
Draft29 ft 2 in (8.89 m)
Installed power8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × cross compound steam turbine
  • 1 × shaft
Speed15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Complement99
Armament
  • 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38-caliber dual-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 USNS Sunnyvale
Aviation facilities
  • Helicopter deck added 1960
  • 2 × Hangars added 1960

SS Dalton Victory was built as Victory ship used as a cargo ship for World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by the California Shipbuilding Company on 6 June 1944 and completed on 19 July 1944 as a Greenville Victory-class cargo ship. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2- S- AP3, hull number 21. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1950 and renamed the USNS Dalton Victory (T-AK-256).

In 1960 she was renamed USNS Sunnyvale (T-AGM-5) and rebuilt and placed in service as a missile range instrumentation ship, and assigned to the Pacific Missile Range, where she performed missile tracking duties.

  1. ^ "USNS Sunnyvale (T-AGM-5)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

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