USS TRACER AGR-15

(USS INTERRUPTER)

 

LIBERTY SHIP: SS WILLIAM J. RIDDLE
BUILT BY J. A. Jones Const. Co., Panama City, FL
KEEL LAID 24 December 1944 MCE hull 2340
LAUNCHED 31 January 1945
SPONSORED BY Mrs. Marion Harders
PLACED IN SERVICE February 1945
FLEET RESERVE 20 August 1947
CONVERTED 24 May 1957 at Charleston, SC
COMMISSIONED 16 October 1958 as AGR-15
HOME PORT 12 February 1959 San Francisco, CA
RENAMED  USS TRACER 4 September 1959 per SecNav Notice 5030
DECOMMISSIONED 1 September 1965
STATUS 15 July 1974 sold to be converted to a fish processing plant at Unalaska, AK