USS Outpost ( AGR - 10 ) USS " Outpost " ( AGR - 10 / YAGR - 10 ) was a " Guardian " - class radar picket ship acquired by the U . S . Navy in 1956 from the “ mothballed ” reserve fleet . She was reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the North Atlantic Ocean as part of the Distant Early Warning Line . Liberty ship built in Florida . " Outpost " ( YAGR – 10 ) was originally built as liberty ship " SS Francis J . O ’ Gara " , by the J . A . Jones Construction Co . , Panama City , Florida , and turned over to the U . S . Maritime Commission 30 June 1945 . World War II - related service . The Calmer Steamship Corp . operated " O ’ Gara " for the Maritime Commission from 30 June 1945 until 4 June 1946 . " O ’ Gara ’ s " cruises during this period included one to the U . S . West Coast of the United States and one to various European ports . On 4 June 1946 " O ’ Gara " was laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet of the United States Maritime Commission . From 28 January 1947 until 14 January 1948 " O ’ Gara " was operated by the Waterman Steamship Company and then the South Atlantic Steamship Company . During this period she made cruises to Europe , the Near East , and the Orient . On 20 January 1948 " O ’ Gara " was laid up in the Mobile , Alabama , reserve fleet of the U . S . Maritime Commission . Conversion to radar picket ship . On 22 May 1956 the Navy acquired " O ’ Gara " to be converted into an " Ocean Station Radar Ship " . She was assigned the Navy hull number " YAGR – 10 " and named " Outpost " . " Outpost " was towed from Mobile , Alabama , to the U . S . Naval Shipyard , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , where conversion was begun to equip her with the electronic detection equipment and communication gear necessary for her role with the Continental Air Defense Command . Outpost commissioned 6 February 1957 , Lt . Comdr . John Leslie Murphy in command . Radar picked duty . After shakedown training out of Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , " Outpost " reported to her homeport , Davisville , Rhode Island , 3 June . On 28 June the ship steamed seaward on her first patrol and on 30 June relieved " Brister " ( DER - 327 ) on picket station . The ship returned to Davisville 19 July , but by 24 July was underway for another patrol setting the pattern of patrols interrupted by short periods in port . " Outpost " made a total of six patrols in 1957 . These patrols continued into 1958 . " Outpost ’ s " designation was changed to " AGR – 10 " 28 September 1958 . During the first half of 1961 " Outpost " steamed on station . But in August she steamed south to Florida and the Bahamas . From October 1961 to January 1962 she underwent overhaul at Boston , Massachusetts . Cuban missile crisis support . " Outpost " continued her Atlantic patrols in 1962 , buttoning up for wartime steaming during the Cuban Missile Crisis . The onset of 1963 found " Outpost " steaming on station as before . In late July the ship visited Halifax , Nova Scotia . From August through the end of 1963 " Outpost " maintained a record of no misses in reporting air contacts . She visited Halifax again in November before putting into her homeport for the holidays . Early in 1964 she resumed her patrols and continued this pattern of operation until decommissioning 1 July 1965 . Inactivation and sale . She was returned to the U . S . Maritime Administration 4 February 1966 and was assigned to the National Defense Reserve Fleet and berthed in the Hudson River . She was sold 17 February 1971 for scrapping in Spain . Honors and awards . " Outpost " personnel qualified for the following medals :