Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive
Contributed by Don McGrogan BMCS USN (Ret.) - Popular Patch

Contributed by Al Grazevich

USNS Kellar (T-AGS-25)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal

USNS Kellar (T-AGS-25) was transferred to Portugal
Kellar Class Hydrographic Survey Ship:
  • Laid down, 20 November 1962, at Marietta Manufacturing. Co., Point Pleasant, W.WA.
  • Launched, 30 July; 1964
  • Capsized, 10 September 1965 during Hurricane Betsy.
  • Transferred unfinished to Boland Machine Mfg. Co., New Orleans, La. for completion, 30 July 1966
  • Delivered to the Navy, 31 January 1969
  • Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Kellar (T-AGS-25)
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred under the Security Assistance Program (SAP), to Portugal, 11 February 1988
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,320
    Length 209'
    Beam 39'
    Draft 14
    Speed 17 kts.
    Complement 26
    Armament none
    Propulsion Diesel
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Kellar 50k Kellar (AGS-25) capsized in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, a victim of Hurricane Betsy in September 1965.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Mender
    09330203    		 127k USS Mender (ARSD-2) and USS Salvager (ARS(D)-3) raising the capsized survey ship Kellar (AGS-25) at New Orleans, LA., after Hurricane "Betsy" in September 1965.
    U.S. Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine December 1965, p. 4    		 Robert Hurst
    Kellar 96k Kellar (AGS-25) during salvage operations to raise her from the bottom of the Mississippi River, after capsizing and sinking during Hurricane Betsy in September 1965, at New Orleans, LA.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Kellar
    09102506    		 116k Kellar (AGS-25) fitting out at Boland Machine Manufacturing Co., New Orleans, LA., 28 June1968.
    U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6930917         		Robert Hurst
    Kellar
    09102503    		 256k USNS Kellar (T-AGS-25) underway at 9 knots while running builder's trials, 14 January 1969.
    09102503 - US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79137 and
    09102507 - U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6930926    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Robert Hurst
    Kellar
    09102507    		 260k
    Kellar 115k USNS Kellar (T-AGS-25) underway, circa 1969, location unknown. Boland Machine Mfg Co., photo. Robert Hurst
    Kellar 146k Official model of USNS Kellar (T-AGS-25).
    US National Archives Photo # USN 1144061, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    USS Kellar (AGS-25 / USNS Kellar (T-AGS-25)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Service Ship Photo Index Back To The Survey Ship Photo (AGS) Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History
    Last Updated 13 October 2023