VTG 50s US Navy Sailor Cracker Jack Jumper Navy Wool Uniform USS LOCATOR Convoy

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VTG 1950's US Navy Sailor Cracker Jack Jumper White Navy Wool Uniforms Lot USS COURTNEY Convoy
1954 - 1958 Anti-Submarine Warfare Operation Argus. Original, authentic uniforms. Can be used as film / movie costumes.
These have many stains/flaws, not all are pictured. They were washed before boxing them for shipping, but should still be professionally cleaned and spot treated.
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USS Locator (AGR/YAGR-6) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, acquired by the US Navy in 1955. She was obtained from the National Defense Reserve Fleet and reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Pacific Ocean as part of the Distant Early Warning Line.
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USS Locator (AGR-6), under way, date and location unknown.
History
United States
Name:
Frank O. Peterson
Namesake:
Frank O. Peterson
Owner:
War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:
International Freigting Corp.
Ordered:
as type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 2347
Builder:
J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida[1]
Cost:
,030,726[2]
Yard number:
88
Way number:
3
Laid down:
9 February 1945
Launched:
23 March 1945
Sponsored by:
Mrs. Evelyn Flynn
Completed:
6 April 1945
Identification:
Call sign: ANTC
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Fate:
Placed in the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, 8 October 1947
Status:
Acquired by US Navy, 10 June 1955
United States
Name:
Locator
Namesake:
One who discovers a position
Commissioned:
21 January 1956
Decommissioned:
9 August 1965
Reclassified:
Guardian-class radar picket ship
Refit:
Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina
Stricken:
1 September 1965
Identification:
Hull symbol: YAGR-6 (1956–1958)
Hull symbol: AGR-6 (1958–1965)
Call sign: NZRW
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Fate:
Placed in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 1 September 1965
Status:
Sold for scrapping, 4 January 1975
General characteristics [4]
Class and type:
Liberty ship
type EC2-S-C5, boxed aircraft transport
Tonnage:
10,600 LT DWT
7,200 GRT
Displacement:
3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light)
14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length:
441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
416 feet (127 m) pp
427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam:
57 feet (17 m)
Draft:
27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power:
2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa)
2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:
1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio)
1 × screw propeller
Speed:
11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:
490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale)
Complement:
38–62 USMM
21–40 USNAG
Armament:
Varied by ship
Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun
2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,
2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns
General characteristics (US Navy refit)[3]
Class and type:
Guardian-class radar picket ship
Capacity:
443,646 US gallons (1,679,383 l; 369,413 imp gal) (fuel oil)
68,267 US gallons (258,419 l; 56,844 imp gal) (diesel)
15,082 US gallons (57,092 l; 12,558 imp gal) (fresh water)
1,326,657 US gallons (5,021,943 l; 1,104,673 imp gal) (fresh water ballast)
Complement:
13 officers
138 enlisted
Armament:
2 × 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber guns
Construction Edit
Locator (YAGR-6) was laid down on 9 February 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2347, as the Liberty Ship Frank O. Peterson, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida. She was launched 23 March 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Evelyn Flynn, and delivered on 6 April 1945, to International Freigting Corp.
Service history
She was acquired by the Navy from the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 10 June 1955. She was converted to a radar picket ship at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, South Carolina, and commissioned Locator on 21 January 1956, Lieutenant Commander Frank Arthur Wigner, USN, in command.
Departing Charleston, 21 February, Locator steamed through the Panama Canal, and arrived San Francisco, California, 17 March. After a period of repair and training she was assigned to a radar picket station off the US West Coast. Coordinating operations with the Continental and North American Air Defense Commands, she detected, tracked, and reported all air contacts that came within her radar surveillance.
Locator was reclassified AGR-6 on 28 September 1958, and for the next 7 years continued the constant vigil at sea, ever ready to sound the signal of enemy air attack. Her operations at sea were alternated by in-port replenishment periods at San Francisco.
Decommissioning
After contributing 9 years to the defense of the United States. Locator decommissioned at San Francisco, 9 August 1965. Her name was struck from the Naval Register 1 September 1965, and was sold for scrapping, 4 January 1975.
Military awards and honors Edit
Scanner's crew was eligible for the following medals:
National Defense Service Medal