ARLINGTON (AGMR-2)

The Arlington (AGMR-2) command and communications ship was originally built as the CVL-48 Saipan light aircraft carrier, which named a class composed of two vessels launched in 1945. In 1959 USS Saipan was redesignated as AVT-6 and in 1963 it was decided to reconvert it into a command ship with the designation CC-3. Finally, it would be completed in August 1966 reclassified as Major Communications Relay Ship AGMR-2. In 1967, she was sent to Vietnam where she made 11 “Yankee Station” patrols, providing communications mainly in the Gulf of Tonkin area. She also participated with the TF-130 Manned Spacecraft Recovery Force in the recovery of the space capsules from the Apollo 8, Apollo 10 and Apollo 11 space missions. The USS Arlington was deactivated in January 1970, and remained in reserve until 1975 when it was sold to be scrapped.

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