USNS Coastal Crusader

	USAFS Coastal Crusader (ORV-16) underway, date and location unknown.
History
United States
Name	Wexford (never received name); Coastal Crusader;
Namesake	Wexford County, Michigan
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2174
Builder	Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Yard number	340
Laid down	12 April 1945
Launched	24 June 1945
Completed	26 July 1945
Commissioned	Delivered to the US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) prior to commissioning, July 1945
Renamed	Coastal Crusader
Identification	Hull symbol: AK-220 (never received number)
Fate	Delivered to the US Army, 30 August 1946
United States
Name	Pvt. Joe R. Hastings
Namesake	Joe R. Hastings
Operator	US Army
In service	30 August 1946
Out of service	27 October 1947
Fate	Declared surplus, 12 December 1949, delivered to MARCOM
United States
Name	Coastal Crusader
Owner	Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
Operator	Coastwise
In service	12 May 1955
Out of service	3 November 1955
Fate	Transferred to US Air Force, 27 August 1956
United States
Name	Coastal Crusader
Operator	US Air Force
In service	13 March 1957
Out of service	1964
Reclassified	Ocean Range Vessel (ORV-16)
Fate	Transferred to the US Navy, 1964
United States
Name	Coastal Crusader
Owner	US Navy
Operator	MSTS
In service	1964
Reclassified	Missile Range Instrumentation Ship (T-AGM-16), 1964; Survey Ship (AGS-36), 1969;
Stricken	30 April 1976
Fate	Sold for scrap, 12 April 1977
General characteristics
Class and type	Alamosa-class cargo ship; Coastal Crusader-class Missile range instrumentation ship;
Type	C1-M-AV1
Tonnage	5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement	2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard); 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load);
Length	388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power	1 × Nordberg, TSM 6 diesel engine ; 1,750 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × propeller
Speed	11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT; 9,830 cu ft (278 m3) (refrigerated); 227,730 cu ft (6,449 m3) (non-refrigerated);
Complement	15 Officers; 70 Enlisted;

USNS Coastal Crusader (AK-220/ORV-16/T-AGM-16/AGS-36) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship that was constructed for the US Navy during the closing period of World War II. She was later acquired by the US Army in 1946 and the US Air Force in 1957 before being reacquired by the USN in 1964 and as a missile range instrumentation ship.

Construction

Coastal Crusader, a C1-M-AV1 cargo vessel, was laid down under a US Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2174, on 12 April 1945 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Company; launched on 24 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. DeForrest Colburn; and completed on 26 July 1945.^[3]

On 25 February 1945, the Navy had assigned the name Wexford and the designation AK-220 to the projected ship; but the contract for her acquisition by the Navy was cancelled in August 1945 because of the cessation of hostilities in the Pacific Ocean and the surrender of Japan. Coastal Crusader thus entered mercantile service, never having borne the name Wexford.^[3]

US Army service

The vessel was placed in service 30 August 1946, by the US Army Transportation Service as USAT Private Joe R. Hastings. She was returned to the Reserve Fleet on 27 October 1949.^[4]

US Air Force service

Renamed Coastal Sentry, she was acquired by the US Air Force on 13 March 1957, which redesignated her an Ocean Range Vessel, USAFS Coastal Crusader (ORV-16). She operated on the Air Force's Eastern Test Range during the late 1950s and early 1960s.^[4]

US Navy service

The US Navy acquired Coastal Crusader from the Air Force in 1964, a placed her in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and redesignated her a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, USNS Coastal Crusader (T-AGM-16). Navy records indicate Coastal Crusader was redesignated as a Survey Ship, Coastal Crusader (AGS-36) in 1969, and finally struck from the Navy List on 30 April 1976.^[4]^[2]

Inactivation

Coastal Crusader was subsequently sold by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 12 April 1977.^[4] She was scrapped later that year.^[1]

Notes

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
^ ^a ^b Navsource 2015.
^ ^a ^b DANFS 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d MARAD.

Bibliography

Online resources

"Wexford". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"C1 Cargo Ships". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
"Coastal Crusader (AGS-36)". Navsource.org. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
"COASTAL CRUSADER (T-AGM-16)". United States Department of Transportation. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

External links

Photo gallery of USS Coastal Crusader (T-AGM-16) at NavSource Naval History

[FOOTNOTEC1_Cargo_Ships2009-1] C1 Cargo Ships 2009.

[FOOTNOTENavsource2015-2] Navsource 2015.

[FOOTNOTEDANFS2015-3] DANFS 2015.

[FOOTNOTEMARAD-4] MARAD.

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Type C1-M-AV7	Coastal Liberator
Type C1-M-AV8	Crossing Knot Flat Knot Marline Bend Persian Knot Single Hitch Solid Sinnet
Type C1-MT-BU1	Arizona Pine California Redwood Oregon Fir Washington Cedar

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* = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Merchant ** = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Challenger † = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Guide # = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Defender ‡ = Canceled August 1945, but completed as Coastal Crusader