For your donation of $149 or $65 you will receive this beautiful ship profile print of USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg, in her last working configuration, by Naval Artist Capt. George Bieda (Ret.). Print is 16.5" by 12" unframed, or 20 x 16 framed.

Text on the print reads: General G. O. Squier Class transport; T-AGM-10; USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg; keel laid 1943; launched 10 October 1943; commissioned 8 May 1944; converted to tracking ship 15 July 1961; struck from service 29 April 1993;

Built at Kaiser Co. Inc. yard no. 3. Richmond CA.; USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg T-AGM-10; displacement 17,250 tons; dimensions: length 522 ft length. 71.5 ft beam. 26.5 ft draft; Main machinery: geared turbine. single shaft 8500 hp for 18 knots; complement: 494. Troop Accommodations 4766;

Final disposition: TRANSFERRED TO THE US ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE AND PLACED IN COMMISSION AS USAT GENERAL HARRY TAYLOR; REACQUIRED BY THE NAVY AND ASSIGNED TO THE MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTATION SERVICE MSTS, 1 MARCH 1950; TRANSFERRED TO THE US AIR FORCE 15 JULY 1961 CONVERTED TO A MISSILE RANGE INSTRUMENTATION SHIP AND RENAMED GENERAL HOYT S. VANDENBERG T-AGM-10; TRANSFERRED FOR CLEAN UP AND PREPARATION AT COLONNAS SHIPYARD NORFOLK VA PRIOR TO SINKING AS AN ARTIFICIAL REEF IN THE FLORIDA KEYS.

16 x 20 framed $149 12 x 16.5 unframed $65