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USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right top to bottom
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (Op. Intense Look)
Chauvenet Class Hydrographic Survey Ship:
  • Laid down, 30 June 1967, at Upper Clyde Shipbuilding Corp., Glasgow, Scotland
  • Launched, 12 June 1968
  • Delivered to the Navy, 29 January 1971
  • Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32), 29 January 1971
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 15 March 1993
  • Title transferred to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Reacquired, 8 January 2002, for further transfer to the New York Maritime Academy for use as a non-operational training ship
  • Returned to MARAD custody, 1 July 2005
  • Final Disposition, fate undetermined
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,360 t.
    Length 393' 2"
    Beam 54'
    Draft 31'
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion two ALCO 251 V-12 diesel engines, single shaft, 3,400shp
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    Harkness 75k USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32) launching at Upper Clyde Shipbuilding Corp., Glasgow, Scotland, 12 June 1968.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Harkness 44k USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32) underway, date and location unknown. Bill Valashinas
    Harkness 26k Logo for Naval Oceanographic Unit 5 embarked in USNS Harkness Bill Valashinas
    MARAD James River Group Reserve Fleet
    Kittiwake 188k Ex-USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32), ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) and ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, in April 2005. Photo by Ed Zajkowski
    Ortolan 102k From left to right; ex-USS Cape Cod (AD-43), ex-USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32), ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6), and ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 Photo Mike Hibbard
    There is no DANFS history currently available for USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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