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Chapters: Usns Private Jose F. Valdez. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 73. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: USNS Private Jose F. Valdez (T-AG-169), named after World War II Medal of Honor recipient PFC Jose F. Valdez, was a technical research ship in operation during the 1960s. The "Galloping Ghost of the Ivory Coast" or "Grey Ghost of the African Coast," as she was affectionately called by her crew, was deployed around Africa from 1961 until 1969. The Private Jose F. Valdez, was launched as Round Splice on 27 October 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Guy R. Porter, and transferred to the American Ship Building Company, Chicago, Illinois, for completion on 15 December 1944. The ship was delivered to the U.S. Army for operation on 16 February 1945. Round Splice, owned by the Maritime Commission and operated by the Army Transportation Service during and after World War II, and was renamed Private Jose F. Valdez in 1947. On 2 September 1950 she was acquired by the United States Navy, designated T-APC-119, and assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service. Manned by a civil service crew she operated in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean areas until August 1951. Between then and December she cruised the Mediterranean Sea and in January 1952 began runs to Newfoundland and Greenland which continued until she was ordered inactivated in late 1959. On 22 December she arrived in the James River National Defense Reserve Fleet berthing area and was transferred to the custody of the Maritime Administration. Private Jose F. Valdez was reacquired by the Navy in August 1961. Converted to a Technical Research Ship and reassigned to MSTS, she departed Brooklyn, her homeport, in November 1961 on the first of her extended cruises to the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The USNS designation indicates that the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=4430143


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156727102
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 74
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 122 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156727103
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Usns Private Jose F. Valdez
  • Width: 229 mm


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