USAS American Mariner
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The USAS American Mariner was a research vessel from early 1959 to December 31, 1963. During this period, she was assigned to DAMP Project by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to attempt to collect radar signature data on incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles in the Caribbean, the South Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean.
The USAS American Mariner was a refurbished World War II Liberty Ship, the SS George Calvert.
After her assignment as the prime field instrument laboratory of DAMP Project, she was transferred to the U.S. Air Force on January 1, 1964, and was renamed the USAFS (United States Air Force Ship) American Mariner.
After service with the U.S. Air Force, she was transferred to the U.S. Navy and designated the USNS American Mariner, T-AGM-12. She became a target ship and was sunk off Point Lookout, Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay.
She appears to be the only ship to have served in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy after being built for service with the Merchant Marines in Baltimore in 1942.
[edit] Further reading
Hahn, Herbert Paul, American Mariner a documentary biography of her role as: Liberty Ship, Training Ship, Missile Instrumentation Ship, Mystery Ship, Test Target. Published 1990 by American Merchant Marine Museum Foundation, Kings Point, New York. ISBN 1-879180-00-6.
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