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USS rfl««CT(AGS 15) 



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 USS Maury (AGS 16) 



OriginaUy the attack cargo ships USS Pamina (AKA 34) and USS 

 Reiiatc (AKA 36), respectively, built in 1945 by Walsh-Kaiser 

 Shipyard of Providence, Rhode Island. The following year they 

 were converted to hydrographic survey ships by Norfolk Navy 

 Yard (Tanner) and Portsmouth Navy Yard (.Maitry). Initially, 

 they carried two 40-foot and two 50-foot sounding boats but 

 later four 52-foot sounding boats were substituted. Also carried 



were six small landing crafts, two amphibious trucks (DUKWs), 

 several jeeps and trucks, a portable electronic positioning system, 

 and a small amphibian aircraft which was replaced by a 

 helicopter in 1948. Stricken from the list of active ships in 1969, 

 Tanner's and Maury's survey career spanned 23 years of 

 continuous service for the Navy's Oceanographic Office. 



Length: 426' Displacement: 6,000 tons 



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