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USNS Twin Falls at anchor in Port Louis, Mauritius in December 1964
History
USNS Twin FallsUnited States
NameTwin Falls Victory
NamesakeTwin Falls, Idaho
OwnerMaritime Commission
OperatorPope & Talbot Incorporated
OrderedAs victory ship MCV Hull 167
BuilderOregon Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down27 December 1944
Launched6 February 1945
IdentificationIMO number: 7732080
FateScrapped in 1983
General characteristics
Class and type
  • Victory ship
  • type VC2-S-AP2, standard
Tonnage
  • 10,750 DWT
  • 7,612 GRT
Displacement15,200 long tons (15,444 t) (standard)
Length
  • 455 feet 3 inches (139 m) oa
  • 436 feet 6 inches (133 m) pp
  • 444 feet (135 m) lwl
Beam62 feet (19 m)
Draft28 ft (8.5 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Oil fired boilers
  • 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × steam turbines
  • 1 × screw propeller
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Capacity
  • 523,740 cubic feet (14,831 m3) (grain)
  • 453,210 cubic feet (12,833 m3) (bale)
Complement
  • 38–62 USMM
  • 21–40 USNAG
Armament
  • Varied by ship
  • Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • Stern-mounted 5 inches (127 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • 8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,

SS Twin Falls Victory, named after Twin Falls, Idaho, was a Victory ship built for World War II. Converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, she was initially operated by the US Air Force as USAF Twin Falls Victory, before coming under US Navy control and being named USNS Twin Falls (T-AGM-11/T-AGS-37). She later had a third career as the training ship SS John W. Brown II.

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