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USS ''Oxford'' (AGTR-1/AG-159) was an ''Oxford''-class technical research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of conducting research in the reception of electromagnetic propagations. The second ship to be named ''Oxford'' by the Navy, ''AGTR-1'', a Liberty ship, was laid down 23 June 1945 under Maritime Commission contract by the New England Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Maine.; launched 31 July as ''Samuel R. Aitken'' (MCE–3127); sponsored by Mrs. Margaret C. Aitken; and delivered to the Maritime Commission 25 August. As ''Samuel R. Aitken'' she served the merchant fleet, first with the Moore-McCormack Steam Ship Lines and then with the Arnold Bernstein Line. She was laid up 10 April 1948 in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. ==Conversion to technical research ship AG-159== In October 1960 ''Samuel R. Aitken'' was towed to the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York. for conversion. Named Oxford (''AG–159'') on 25 November 1960, she commissioned at New York 8 July 1961, Commander Howard R. Lund in command. She reported to Norfolk, Virginia, 11 September for duty with the Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, and shortly thereafter conducted shakedown out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ''Oxford'' was designed to conduct research in the reception of electromagnetic propagations. Equipped with the latest antenna systems and measuring devices, she was a highly sophisticated and mobile station which could steam to various parts of the world to participate in the Navy’s comprehensive program of research and development projects in communications. Because of the immediate or potential military applications of her work, much of ''Oxford’s'' employment was classified. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Oxford (AGTR-1)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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