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Timber Hitch receiving fresh water from the USAS American Mariner, Clarence Bay, Ascension Island, in December 1961.
History
USNS Timber HitchUnited States
NameTimber Hitch
NamesakeTimber hitch
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorGrace Line Inc.
Orderedas a type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2315
Awarded17 February 1944
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd., Wilmington, California
Cost$1,205,427.45
Yard number1220
Way number2
Laid down26 August 1944
Launched12 October 1944
Sponsored byMrs. W. F. Pruden
Completed19 January 1945
Identification
  • Call sign: ANAL
  • [1]
Fate
  • Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria, Oregon, 12 September 1949
  • Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, Washington, 23 November 1956
  • Transferred to the United States Air Force, 2 April 1957
USNS Timber HitchUnited States
NameTimber Hitch
OwnerUnited States Air Force
ReclassifiedOcean Range Vessel
IdentificationORV-17
FateTransferred to the United States Navy, 1 July 1964
USNS Timber HitchUnited States
NameTimber Hitch
OwnerUnited States Navy
OperatorMilitary Sea Transportation Service
In service1 July 1964
Out of service1968
ReclassifiedMissile Range Instrumentation Ship
Stricken9 October 1969
Identification
  • Hull symbol: T-AGM-17
  • Call sign: NTIY
  • [2]
Fate
  • Laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 5 May 1968
  • Sold for scrapping, 27 July 1977
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
  • Alamosa-class Cargo Ship
  • Timber Hitch-class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
TypeC1-M-AV1
Displacement
  • 3,366 long tons (3,420 t) (light)
  • 6,090 long tons (6,190 t) (full load)
Length338 ft 9 in (103.25 m)
Beam50 ft 4 in (15.34 m)
Draft17 ft 7 in (5.36 m)
PropulsionDiesel, single propeller
Speed11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Endurance30 days at sea
Sensors and
processing systems		telemetry
Armamentnone

USNS Timber Hitch (T-AGM-17) was a US Navy missile range instrumentation ship which earlier operated as the US Air Force Ocean Range Vessel USAFS Timber Hitch (ORV-17) on the US Air Force's Eastern Test Range during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Timber Hitch operated under an Air Force contract with Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division headquartered in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

Timber Hitch, assigned to the South Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean area, provided the Air Force with metric data on intercontinental ballistic missiles launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.

Timber Hitch operated in the intercontinental ballistic missile re-entry area near Ascension Island, and was home-ported out of Recife, Brazil.

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