USNS Huntsville

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History
United States
Name	Knox Victory; Huntsville;
Namesake	Knox College; Cities of Huntsville, Alabama, and Huntsville, Texas;
Builder	Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon
Laid down	2 March 1945 as SS Knox Victory, Victory Ship type (VC2-S-AP3) hull
Launched	13 April 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs. Charles B. Gilbert
Acquired	by the Navy, 11 August 1960
In service	1961
Out of service	date unknown
Renamed	USNS Huntsville (T-AGM-7) in 1960/1961
Refit	as a Missile range instrumentation ship at Triple "A" Machine Shop, Inc., San Francisco, California
Stricken	8 November 1974
Fate	Sold by MARAD, 17 July 1995
General characteristics
Class & type	Victory ship type VC2-S-AP2, standard; Watertown-class missile range instrumentation ship;
Tonnage	10,750 DWT; 7,612 GRT;
Displacement	15,200 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;
Beam	62 feet (19 m)
Draft	28 ft (8.5 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired boilers; 6,000 hp (4,500 kW);
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines; 1 × screw propeller;
Speed	15 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,;

USNS Huntsville (T-AGM-7) was a Watertown-class missile range instrumentation ship acquired by the United States Navy in 1960 and converted from the SS Knox Victory Victory ship cargo configuration to a missile tracking ship, a role she retained for a number of years before being struck from the Navy List in 1974.