USS Jamestown (AGTR-3)

History
United States
Name
  • J. Howland Gardner
  • Jamestown
Namesake
  • J. Howland Gardner
  • Jamestown, Virginia, is the earliest permanent settlement established by Englishmen in North America
Ordered
  • as J. Howland Gardner
  • Z–EC2–S–C5 MCE–3126
BuilderNew England Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down4 May 1945
Launched10 July 1945
Acquired10 August 1962
Commissioned13 December 1962
Decommissioned19 December 1969
Stricken14 January 1970
HomeportNorfolk, Virginia
Motto"In Relquum Tempus"
FateScrapped, May 1970
Badge
General characteristics
Displacement11,365 (f.)
Length441 ft (134 m)
Beam59 ft (18 m)
Draught22 ft (6.7 m)
Speed11 knots
Complement313

USS Jamestown (AGTR-3/AG-166) was an Oxford-class technical research ship (a Cold War spy ship) acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of "conducting research in the reception of electromagnetic propagations" (SIGINT).

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