USNS Maury (T-AGS 66)

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USNS MAURY is the seventh ship in the PATHFINDER - class of survey ships operated by the Military Sealift Command for the US Navy. She is the fourth ship in the Navy named after Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury. MAURY is 24 feet (7.3 meters) longer than her sisterships in order to accommodate a 300 square foot (28 square meters) moon pool for unmanned vehicle deployment and retrieval.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: December 22, 2009
	Keel laid: February 7, 2011
	Launched: March 26, 2013
	Delivered: February 17, 2016
	Builder: Halter Marine Inc., Moss Point, MS.
	Propulsion system: diesel-electric, four diesels, two shafts
	Propellers: two
	Length: 353 feet (107.6 meters)
	Beam: 58 feet (17.7 meters)
	Draft: 18 feet (5.5 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 5,000 tons full load
	Speed: 16 knots
	Aircraft: none
	Armament: none
	Crew: 25 civilian mariners, 27 scientists
	Homeport: not assigned

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USNS MAURY. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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About the Ship's Name:

USNS MAURY is named for Matthew Fontaine Maury. The astronomer and hydrographer was born in Spotsylvania County, Va., on 14 January 1806. Appointed a midshipman on 1 February 1825, he achieved the rank of commander on 14 September 1855.

He was appointed Superintendent of the Department of Charts and Instruments in 1842, and upon the establishment of the Naval Observatory in 1844 became its first superintendent, holding that position until his resignation in April 1861. During this period he published some of his best known scientific works, and his “Wind and Current Charts,” “Sailing Directions,” and “Physical Geography of the Sea” remain standard. He became world famous as “Pathfinder of the Seas,” the leading U.S. oceanograpber.

Following his resignation at the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Navy, in which he attained the rank of commodore. At the end of the war he occupied the chair of physics at the Virginia Military Institute. He died at Lexington, Va., on 1 February 1873.

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USNS MAURY Image Gallery:

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning on May 25, 2018, during an open ship event aboard USNS Maury (T-AGS 66) as part of Fleet Week New York.



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