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USS Chauvenet (AGS U) 



Originally built as a motor minesweeper (VMS 195) in 1943 by duty in the Pacific. Decommissioned in 1946 she was sold the 



C. Hiltebrant Drydock Company of Kingston, New York, she following year and became the British mercantile Zipper. In 



underwent conversion to a surveying ship in 1945 receiving the 1963 she foundered 100 miles off Georgetown, British Guinea, 



name Chauvenet and the designation AGS 1 1 and departed for Length: 136' Displacement: 215 tons 



USS Harkness (AGS 12) 



Originally the motor minesweeper YMS 242 built in 1943 by 

 Tacoma Boat Building Company. Converted to a surveying ship 

 in 1945 and redesignated the Harkness (AGS 12), she deployed 

 to the Western Pacific where she conducted survey operations in 

 the Marshalls and at Okinawa and, following the war, at Japan. 



Redesignated a coastal surveying ship (AGSC 12) in 1946, she 

 operated along the Atlantic Coast for over three years. In 1951 

 Harkness' survey career ended and she was converted to a mine 

 hunter. She was sold at public auction In 1960. 



Length: 136' Displacement: 245 Ions 



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