page_title: Guardian-class radar picket ship
hierarchical_section_title: Guardian-class radar picket ship
caption_attribution_description: USS Guardian (AGR-1)
context_page_description: The Guardian-class radar picket ships were a class of ocean radar picket ships, converted 1954–1958 from World War II Liberty ships acquired by the U.S. Navy. Their task was to act as part of the radar defenses of the United States in the Cold War, serving until 1965.
context_section_description: The Guardian-class radar picket ships were a class of ocean radar picket ships (YAGR, later AGR), converted 1954–1958 from World War II Liberty ships acquired by the U.S. Navy. Their task was to act as part of the radar defenses of the United States in the Cold War, serving until 1965.
caption: USS Guardian, the lead ship of the class
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