United States USS Plainview AGEH-1 Derelict

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Steve West

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USS Plainview (AGEH–1) was, in its time, the world's largest hydrofoil.[1] Named for the cities of Plainview, New York and Plainview, Texas. She was also the United States Navy's first hydrofoil research ship. Plainview was designed by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington; launched 28 June 1965; sponsored by Mrs. John T. Hayward; and placed in service on 3 March 1969. She cost $21 million to construct.

Plainview was decommissioned at 10:30 am, 22 September 1978, at Pier 7, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 September 1978, Plainview was sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) on 1 July 1979 to General Metals (now Schnitzer Metals) on the Hylebos Waterway, Tacoma, Washington. She was partially scrapped in 2004.[1] As of 10 April 2019, she lies abandoned on mudflats, on private property, near Astoria, OregonCoordinates: 46.256886°N 123.851683°W. In 2019, the Washington Department of Natural Resources expressed concerns about Plainview's derelict hull leaking pollutants into the environment.

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