US Rocket Launch Research Vessels
Updated: 2025 Oct 31 2200:18
| US Rocket Launch Research Vessels | ||||||||
| Ship | Transliteration | Image | CODE | Agency | Class | ClassID | AltID | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Atka | USS Atka |  | AGB-3 | USNB | Wind | AGB-3 | - | - - - |
| USS Glacier | USS Glacier |  | AGB-4 | USNB | Glacier | AGB-4 | IMO6123672 | 1954 - 1966 |
| USS Staten Island | USS Staten Island |  | AGB-5 | USNB | Wind | AGB-5 | - | 1952 - 1974 |
| USS Eastwind | USS Eastwind |  | WYG-279 | USN | Wind | WYG-279 | - | 1944 - 1968 |
| USS Norton Sound | USS Norton Sound |  | AVM1 | NAMTC | Norton Sound | AVM-1 | - | 1951 - 1986 |
| USS Ashland | USS Ashland |  | LSD-1 | USNVA | Ashland | LSD-1 | - | 1955 - - |
| USS Rushmore | USS Rushmore |  | LSD-14 | USN | Casa Grande | LSD-14 | - | 1956 - - |
| USS Colonial | USS Colonial |  | LSD-18 | USN | Casa Grande | LSD-18 | - | 1956 - - |
| USS Plymouth Rock | USS Plymouth Rock |  | LSD-29 | USN | Thomaston | LSD-29 | - | 1956 - - |
| USS Point Defiance | USS Point Defiance |  | LSD-31 | USN | Thomaston | LSD-31 | - | 1956 - - |
| USNS Croatan, Wallops Mobile Range Facility | USNS Croatan, Wallops Mobile Range Facility |  | CVE-25 | USN/NASA | Bogue | CVE-25 | - | 1964 - 1965 |
| USNS Range Recoverer | USNS Range Recoverer |  | RREC | USN | - | - | - | 1960 - 1972 |
| USNS Wheeling | USNS Wheeling |  | T-AGM-8 | USN | - | T-AGM-8 | - | - - - |
| USAS American Mariner | USAS American Mariner |  | T-AGM-12 | USN | - | T-AGM-12 | - | - - - |