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| Keywords: USS Saipan (CVL-48) being reactivated in 1963.jpg The U S Navy light aircraft carrier USS Saipan CVL-48 being reactivated Saipan was decommissioned at Bayonne New Jersey USA on 3 October 1957 She remained in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until March 1963 She then entered the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company yard at Mobile Alabama USA to begin conversion to a command ship Very briefly designated CC-3 she was instead reclassified as Major Communications Relay Ship AGMR-2 on 1 September 1964 while still undergoing conversion On 8 April 1965 she was renamed Arlington in honour of Arlington County Virginia the site of one of the U S Navy's first radio stations; and on 12 August 1966 she completed her conversion As USS Arlington AGMR-2 she was recommissioned on 27 August 1966 6930318 ca 1963-03 U S Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-NN-AGMR-2 Arlington-172080 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Arlington AGMR-2 | ||||
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