 On 27 November she was reclassified a missile range instrumentation ship and designated T-AGM-2.She is equipped with telemetry, data processing and radio instruments as well as recovery facilities to retrieve nose cones.Manned by a Civil Service crew of the Military Sea Transportation Service, "Range Recoverer" served first as a telemetry and recovery ship on the Pacific Missile Range where she launched, tested, and evaluated the Regulus missile.