page_title: USS Belmont (AGTR-4)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Belmont (AGTR-4)
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy signals intelligence ship USS Belmont (AGTR-4) during the later 1960s.
context_page_description: USS Belmont was the first of two Belmont-class technical research ships, acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1963 and converted for the task of conducting "research in the reception of electromagnetic propagations". She was originally built during World War II as a Victory cargo ship named SS Iran Victory by the War Shipping Administration's Emergency Shipbuilding program under cognizance of the U.S. Maritime Commission.
context_section_description: USS Belmont (AGTR-4/AG-167) was the first of two Belmont-class technical research ships, (a class of US spy ships of the early Cold War), acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1963 and converted for the task of conducting "research in the reception of electromagnetic propagations" (electronic signals intelligence gathering). She was originally built during World War II as a Victory cargo ship named SS Iran Victory by the War Shipping Administration's Emergency Shipbuilding program under cognizance of the U.S. Maritime Commission.
caption: USS Belmont underway in the late 1960s
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