USS Gwinnett (AG-92)

USS "Gwinnett" (AG-92/AK-185/AVS-5) was a "Alamosa"-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy shortly before the end of World War II. She was found to be excess-to-needs and was placed into reserve.

Constructed at Superior, Wisconsin

"Gwinnett" (AVS-5) was originally designated "AK-185" and was launched as "AG-92" under U.S. Maritime Commission contract by Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin, 14 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Oliva Dionne, mother of the Dionne quintuplets.

World War II-related service

After being taken down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, Louisiana, the ship was outfitted at Port Houston Iron Works, Houston, Texas, and commissioned there 10 April 1945, Lt. H. K. Golwey in command. Soon after commissioning, "Gwinnett" was redesigned "AVS-5" on 25 May 1945. After shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico she was ordered to the Pacific coast for disposal.

Inactivation

"Gwinnett" arrived San Francisco, California, 25 January 1946. She decommissioned and was simultaneously redelivered to the U.S. Maritime Commission 11 February 1946. Her subsequent fate is not known.

C1-M-AV1 reserve fleet

The U.S. Air Force acquired a number of these C1-M-AV1 ships from the Navy reserve fleet and used them as telemetry tracking vessels on the Atlantic Missile Range in the 1950s and 1960s.

See also

* United States Navy
* World War II
* United States Air Force ships

References

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* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/50/5005.htm NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - AK-185 / AG-92 / AVS-5 Gwinnett]