Acquired By The Navy
In February 1963, Iran Victory was acquired by the Navy and entered the Willamette Iron and Steel Co. yard at Portland, Oregon, for conversion. On 8 June 1963, she was renamed Belmont and designated a miscellaneous auxiliary AG-167. She was redesignated a technical research ship AGTR-4 on 1 April 1964 and was commissioned at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 2 November 1964, Comdr. Jerome E. Henderson in command.
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