USS Arlington AGMR-2 Communications Major Relay Ship

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Annapolis and Arlington were essentially floating Comm Stations with massive antenna arrays and extensive equipment installations to relay messages from local ships or shore stations to distant COMMSTAs. Arlington could simultaneously connect with 3 COMMSTAs with 6 channels for each.

• 10 10 kw transmitters (AN/FRT-39)
• 14 "500 watt transmitters" (AN/WRT-2, AN/URT-23, or AN/FRT-70?)
• 65 "multi-channel receivers" (AN/FRR-60 & R-1051)
• 1200 pieces of teletype gear
• 19 transmitting and 22 receiving antennas
• 2 109' tall antenna masts
• 74 miles of cable and 237,000 electrical connections
• USS Arlington web site
• USS Arlington web site

USS Saipan (CVL-48, built 1946) was originally being converted to a command ship CC-3 in 1963. This was changed to a major relay ship AGMR-2 while still in the conversion yard in September 1964. In April 1965 her name was changed to USS Arlington (AGMR-2) and she was commissioned August 1966.

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1966-67 USS Arlington Cruise Book
		L - R-1051 rcvrs with AN/URA-17 converters R - AN/FRR-60 (TMC DDR-5) rcvrs	AN/FRR-60 (TMC DDR-5) rcvrs
Antenna patch panels	Comm Control Center	TMC tech rep & spectrum analyzer? Background - transmitting antenna couplers and high power patch panel	L - R-1051 rcvrs with AN/URA-17 converters R - AN/FRR-60 (TMC DDR-5) rcvrs
AN/FRT-39 (TMC GPT-10K) transmitter	transmitting antenna couplers ??	AN/FRR-60 (TMC DDR-5) rcvrs	AN/FRR-60 (TMC DDR-5) rcvrs & antenna patch panels
AN/FRT-39 (TMC GPT-10K) transmitters	Tech control?	Tape relay equipment including MAPS multiple address processing system that dupes tape at 850wpm	Tape relay equipment
1968 USS Arlington Pacific Cruise Book
	109' mast - Conical monopole & rotatable log periodic
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