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T-AGS-29 Chauvenet

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Chauvenet Class Hydrographic Survey Ship:
  • Laid down, 24 May 1967, at Upper Clyde Shipbuilding Corp., Glasgow, Scotland
  • Launched, 13 May 1968
  • Delivered to the US Navy, 13 November 1970 and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Chauvenet (T-AGS-29)
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Title transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Converted to a training ship for Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX., in 1999 and renamed TS Texas Clipper II
  • To be replaced by TS Texas Clipper III ex-Sirius (AFS-8) mid July 2005
  • Ex-Chauvenet was used to house Hurricane Rita recovery workers/evacuees from September 2005-March 2006
  • Released from hurricane work and towed to a shipyard, 18 March 2006, for reactivation and conversion as the DOD Missile Defense Agency's Missile Instrumentation Ship Pacific Collector
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,360 t.
    Length 393' 2"
    Beam 54'
    Draft 31'
    Propulsion two ALCO 251 V-12 diesel engines, single shaft, 3,400shp.
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    USNS Chauvenet (T-AGS-29)
    Chauvenet 66k USNS Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Ramon Jackson
    Chauvenet 44k USNS Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Ramon Jackson
    Chauvenet 73k USNS Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    TS Texas Clipper II
    Chauvenet 37k ex-Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) in service as TS Texas Clipper II underway, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Chauvenet 11k ex-Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) in service as TS Texas Clipper II moored, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Chauvenet 52k ex-Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) in service as TS Texas Clipper II moored, date and place unknown. Texas A&M University, Galveston
    Chauvenet 12k ex-Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) in service as TS Texas Clipper II underway with a tug assisting Texas A&M University, Galveston
    Chauvenet 71k ex-Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) in service as TS Texas Clipper II moored pierside at Le Havre, France, 16 July 1999. Photo & Collection Paolo Marsan
    Chauvenet 27k ex-Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) in service as TS Texas Clipper II moored, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Chauvenet 48k ex-Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) in service as TS Texas Clipper II moored, date and place unknown.
    MARAD photo    		 US Maritime Administration
    Sirius 33k ex-Sirius (T-AFS-8) alongside ex-Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) in service as TS Texas Clipper II at Galveston, date unknown. TJ Tropea RM1 USN Ret.
    Pacific Collector
    Chauvenet 153k ex-Ex-Texas Clipper II ex-Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) in service as the Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency's ship Pacific Collector at her new homeport, Alameda, CA., 5 September 2006. Andrew Diamond
    Chauvenet 148k Pacific Collector at her new homeport, Alameda, CA., 5 September 2006. Andrew Diamond
    Chauvenet 122k Pacific Collector at her new homeport, Alameda, CA., 6 September 2006. Andrew Diamond
    Chauvenet 71k Pacific Collector at her new homeport, Alameda, CA., 6 September 2006. Andrew Diamond
    Chauvenet 68k Pacific Collector at her new homeport, Alameda, CA., 6 September 2006. Andrew Diamond
    Chauvenet 47k Pacific Collector at her new homeport, Alameda, CA., 6 September 2006. Andrew Diamond
    Chauvenet 43k Pacific Collector at her new homeport, Alameda, CA., 6 September 2006. Andrew Diamond
    Chauvenet 95k Pacific Collector passing under the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco as she heads out to sea in May 2007. Bob Miller
    There is no DANFS history available for Chauvenet (T-AGS-29) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Navy Survey Ships (AGS) Designator Listing
    Texas A&M University at Galveston
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    Last Updated 29 June 2007