USS SEARCHER AGR-4
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LIBERTY SHIP: SS JAMES W. WHEELER
BUILT BY J.A. Jones Const. Co., Panama City, FL
KEEL LAID 11 December 1944 (MCE hull 2338)
LAUNCHED 23 January 1945
SPONSORED BY Mrs. R.D. Turnage
PLACED IN SERVICE 5 February 1945
RESERVE FLEET October 1947
CONVERSION 14 September 1954 as YAG-44 at Charleston, SC
COMMISSIONED 2 April 1955 as YAGR-4 at Charleston, SC
HOMEPORT  
16 May 1955, Newport, RI
1 October 1957, Davisville, RI
 

RECLASSIFIED 28 September 1958 as AGR-4
DECOMMISSIONED 1 July 1965
STATUS Scrapped 7 August 1970