USS Interpreter

USS Interpreter (AGR-14), underway, date and location unknown.
History
United States
Name	Dudley H.Thomas
Namesake	Dudley H. Thomas
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Merchants & Miners Transportation Company
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 2341
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida[1]
Cost	$1,036,875[2]
Yard number	82
Way number	3
Laid down	5 January 1945
Launched	8 February 1945
Sponsored by	Miss Carriek Cobitt
Completed	21 February 1945
Identification	Call sign: ANIK [2]
Fate	Placed in the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, 1947 Acquired by US Navy, 5 June 1957
United States
Name	Interpreter
Namesake	One who explains, translates, or tells the meaning of
Commissioned	29 September 1958
Decommissioned	1 July 1965
Reclassified	Guardian-class radar picket ship
Refit	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stricken	1 July 1965
Identification	Hull symbol: AGR-14 Call sign: NBRU [3]
Fate	Placed in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, California, 1 July 1965 Sold for scrapping, 4 November 1974
General characteristics [4]
Class and type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C5, boxed aircraft transport
Tonnage	10,600 LT DWT 7,200 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Filer and Stowell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns
General characteristics (US Navy refit)[3]
Class and type	Guardian-class radar picket ship
Capacity	443,646 US gallons (1,679,383 L; 369,413 imp gal) (fuel oil) 68,267 US gallons (258,419 L; 56,844 imp gal) (diesel) 15,082 US gallons (57,092 L; 12,558 imp gal) (fresh water) 1,326,657 US gallons (5,021,943 L; 1,104,673 imp gal) (fresh water ballast)
Complement	13 officers 138 enlisted
Armament	2 × 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber guns

USS Interpreter (AGR-14) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship, converted from a Liberty Ship, acquired by the US Navy in 1957. She was reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Pacific Ocean as part of the Distant Early Warning Line.