USS INTERCEPTOR AGR-8

LIBERTY SHIP: SS EDWARD W. BURTON
BUILT BY J.A. Jones Const. Co., Panama City, FL
KEEL LAID MCE hull 3147
LAUNCHED 12 September 1945
SPONSORED BY Miss Juanita M. Kaylor
PLACED IN SERVICE 8 November 1945
FLEET RESERVE 20 June 1948
CONVERTED 29 June 1955 at Charleston, SC
COMMISSIONED 15 February 1956 as YAGR-8 at Charleston, SC
HOMEPORT 11 April 1956 San Francisco, CA
RECLASSIFIED 28 September 1958 as AGR-8
DECOMMISSIONED 1 September 1965
STATUS Scrapped 16 February 1978