USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup (T-AG-175) was a C1-M-AV1 coastal freighter built as Spindle Eye, one of the many named for knots, and acquired by the U.S. Army intended to be a "news transmission ship" for the invasion of Japan The ship was renamed November 1947 by the Army, after serving as a radio relay ship at the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests and conversion to an Army passenger-cargo vessel, Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup in honor Sergeant Curtis F. Shoup who had been awarded the Medal of Honor. After layup the U.S. Navy acquired the ship as an Alamosa-class cargo ship and placed the ship in service as the USNS Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup. The ship was responsible for a number of tasks, including helicopter delivery, surveying, and oceanographic services. She was struck in 1970 and sold for scrappi