Longview (T-AGM 3) Class: Photographs

USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK 238) As a standard MSTS Victory cargo ship before conversion to a missile range instrumentation ship. She and Dalton Victory (T-AK 256) served for nearly a decade as regular MSTS cargo ships before being converted. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC)
USNS Haiti Victory (T-AK 238) At a West Coast Army transport pier soon after completion of conversion in mid-1959. USNS Frederick Funston (T-AP 178) or James O'Hara (T-AP 179) is pierside ahead of her. She has her original short helicopter hangar and flight deck which left No. 4 hold aft of the bridge house accessible. The foremast has been shortened to hold an SPS-29 air search radar, but she has few other antennas besides the usual SPS-10 surface search radar on the tripod. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC)
USNS Dalton Victory (T-AK 256) In her original configuration with a short helicopter hangar and flight deck. Note how No. 4 hold aft of the bridge house remains accessible. Like Haiti Victory she has an SPS-29 radar on her foremast but few if any other special electronics. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC)
USNS Sunnyvale (T-AGM 5) By October 1961 (the date of this photograph) both ships had been extensively modified. Both the flight deck and hangar have been substantially lengthened, now covering No. 4 hold. A square quadruple element acquisition antenna has been mounted on the cover of No. 1 hatch, a single helix telemetry antenna has been added on top of the second mast behind the SPS-29, a tiny antenna has been mounted on top of the tripod, and a log periodic communications antenna has been erected on top of the hangar. Photo No. KN-3138 Source: Shipscribe
USNS Longview (T-AGM 3) Photographed in her modified configuration by the Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu, Calif., on 15 April 1962. An SPS-8 height finding radar has been added on top of the port kingpost just aft of the bridge house. Sunnyvale was photographed in the same configuration on 17 November 1961 (NH 88076). Photo No. NH 88077 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
USNS Longview (T-AGM 3) This undated photo was released by MSTS Pacific at Fort Mason, San Francisco. The SPS-29 air search radar forward has been replaced with a small antenna (probably a Pathfinder navigation radar) but the ship retains the SPS-8 height finding radar. Note the structure of the log periodic antenna on the hangar. Photo No. Unknown Source: Shipscribe
USNS Sunnyvale (T-AGM 5) Photographed on 10 April 1964. The SPS-29 air search radar forward has been replaced with a Pathfinder horizontal bar navigation radar antenna and the SPS-8 radar is also gone. The remaining sensors appear unchanged, except that an extra-tall lattice discage antenna has replaced the log periodic antenna on top of the hangar. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-281)
USNS Longview (T-AGM 3) A USAF 6594th Recovery Control Group Sea King helicopter landing aboard Longview in the Hawaiian area in July 1966. The enlarged deck and hangar were needed to accommodate helicopters of this size. Longview kept her SPS-8 a bit longer than Sunnyvale did, and the single helix telemetry antenna on the second mast has been replaced with a very small square (possibly acquisition) antenna. Otherwise her antenna fit resembles that of Sunnyvale in 1964. Most of her specialized antennas are pointed straight up. Photo No. None Source: NavSource, photo courtesy of Bill Wood
USNS Longview (T-AGM 3) Photo dated 21 May 1970, showing her as in 1966 but without the SPS-8 radar. She was similarly configured in a photo dated 13 July 1967, and Sunnyvale was similarly reconfigured at an unknown date. Note the details of the small antennas on the first two masts and the second larger horizontal bar radar antenna on top of the tripod. Photo No. USN 1144311 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file)