USS WATCHMAN AGR-16

LIBERTY SHIP: SS VERNON S. HOOD
BUILT BY J.A. Jones Const. Co., Panama City, FL
KEEL LAID 17 January 1945 MCE hull 2343
LAUNCHED 20 February 1945
SPONSORED BY Mrs. Inez Bulifant
PLACED IN SERVICE 7 March 1945
FLEET RESERVE 1947
CONVERTED 1958 at Charleston, SC
COMMISSIONED 5 January 1959 as AGR-16 at Charleston, SC
HOME PORT 11 April 1959 San Francisco, CA
DECOMMISSIONED 1 September 1965
STATUS 3 October 1974 sold for scrap, 28 February 1975 Scrapped