USNS Wheeling (T-AGM-8)

USNS Wheeling (T-AGM-8)

USNS Wheeling (T-AGM-8) was a Wheeling-class missile range instrumentation ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1962 and converted from her Victory ship cargo configuration to a missile tracking ship, a role she retained for a number of years before being sunk as a target by Harpoon missiles on 12 July 1981.

Read more about USNS Wheeling (T-AGM-8):  Victory Ship Built in Oregon, World War II-related Service, Conversion To Missile Tracker, Inactivation and Sinking

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