USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14)
| Career (USA) | 100x35px |
|---|---|
| Name: | USNS Rose Knot |
| Namesake: | A name retained |
| Builder: | Pennsylvania Shipyard Inc., Beaumont, Texas |
| Laid down: | date unknown, as a type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC hull 2466 |
| Completed: | May 1945 |
| Acquired: | by the U.S. Navy in 1964 |
| In service: | circa 1958 |
| Out of service: | 1968 |
| Struck: | 9 October 1969 |
| Fate: | disposed of by MARAD, 28 June 1977, fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | missile range instrumentation ship |
| Tonnage: | 3,366 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 6,090 tons |
| Length: | 338' 9" |
| Beam: | 50' 4" |
| Draft: | 17' 7" |
| Propulsion: | diesel, single propeller |
| Speed: | 11.5 knots |
| Endurance: | 30 days at sea |
| Complement: | unknown |
| Sensors and processing systems: | telemetry |
| Armament: | none |
USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14) was a missile range instrumentation ship which operated as USAFS Rose Knot on the U.S. Air Force’s Eastern Test Range during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Rose Knot operated under an Air Force contract with Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division headquartered in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Rose Knot, assigned to the South Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean area, provided the Air Force with metric data on intercontinental ballistic missiles launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.
Rose Knot functioned as a telemetry station located off the coast of Africa at 5N 10W for Mercury Atlas 6, the mission in which John Glenn became the first American to orbit earth.
Rose Knot operated in the intercontinental ballistic missile re-entry area near Ascension Island, and was home-ported out of Recife, Brazil.
Rose Knot was acquired from the U.S. Air Force by the U.S. Navy in 1964.
Operational data
Operational data while on U.S. Navy service on this vessel is lacking at DANFS.
Inactivation
Rose Knot was struck from the Navy list 9 October 1969, and was disposed of by MARAD on 28 June 1977.
See also
- Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
- United States Air Force ships
- Eastern Test Range
- Pan American Airways Guided Missile Range Division
- Missile Test Project
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