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T-AGS-23 Michelson

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal
Bowditch Class Hydrographic Survey Ship:
  • Laid down, 5 May 1944, as SS Joliet Victory, a Maritime Commission type (VC-2-AP2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 114) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 14 June 1944
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 7 July 1944
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet James River, Fort Eustis, VA. (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 8 February 1958
  • Converted to a Survey Ship at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), as USNS Michelson (T-AGS-23), 15 December 1958
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1975
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, sold by MARAD, 22 September 1977, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,420 t.(lt) 13,050 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Draft 23'
    Speed 16 kts.
    Propulsion cross compound steam turbine with double reduction gear, 6,000 to 8,500hp
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    Michelson 67k Michelson (T-AGS-23) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Carl R Friberg, Jr. USNS Michelson
    Michelson 41k Michelson (T-AGS-23) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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