USNS General Hoyt S Vandenberg (T-AGM 10)
This ship was dedicated in Baltimore's Dundalk Marine Terminal on 18 July 1963 with the Air Force Thunderbirds flying overhead. She was then intended to serve in the Indian Ocean area as an extension of the Air Force's Atlantic Missile Range. This photo was taken around the time of her entry into Air Force service.
Photo No. USAF 168513
Source: Shipscribe
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USNS General H H Arnold (T-AGM 9)
Photographed in Air Force service circa 1963 as completed.
Photo No. Unknown
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC)
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USNS General Hoyt S Vandenberg (T-AGM 10)
In Air Force service on 8 April 1964 moored at the Air Force Missile Test Center at Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral.
Photo No. Unknown
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-282)
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USNS General H H Arnold (T-AGM 9)
In port in Air Force service, probably at Port Canaveral.
Photo No. Unknown
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC)
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USNS General Hoyt S Vandenberg (T-AGM 10)
Underway in MSTS service in July 1965.
Photo No. KN-11801
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC)
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USNS General H H Arnold (T-AGM 9)
Berthed at Cape Canaveral on 15 February 1966 manned by MSTS but under Air Force operational control.
Photo No. Air Force PL 66-71284
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC)
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USNS General H H Arnold (T-AGM 9)
A drawing showing the configuration of the two ARIS ships in 1976. They appear to have been little changed since the 1960s except for the changes noted below. The three big dish antennas, fore to aft, are an IIR-C 30-foot dish radar antenna operating at 5,400-5,900 MHz, an IIR-L 40-foot dish radar antenna at 1,280 MHZ that also served the IIR-U UHF system, and a 30-foot parabolic dish telemetry antenna just forward of the stack operating at 225-4000 MHz.
Photo No. None
Source: Air Force Eastern Test Range, Range Instrumentation Handbook, 1 July 1976
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USNS General H H Arnold (T-AGM 9)
In MSTS service, date and location unknown. The Navy replaced the Air Force's long wire high frequency antennas spread from extensions above the forward kingpost pair with a large log periodic HF communications antenna.
Photo No. Unknown
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (UA-281)
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USNS General Hoyt S Vandenberg (T-AGM 10)
Moored at Midway Island on 31 May 1975. A second small sensor dome has been added on the bridge and another has been added between the first two large antennas.
Photo No. None
Source: NavSource, photo by Fred Sloop
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USNS General H H Arnold (T-AGM 9)
Moored at the Victor Wharf in Pearl Harbor's Central Loch on 22 May 1976.
Photo No. None
Source: NavSource, photo by Fred Sloop
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