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T-AGS-38 H. H. Hess

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Victor - Delta
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - National Defense Service Medal
H. H. Hess Class Hydrographic Survey Ship:
  • Laid down, 10 August 1963, for the American Mail Lines as SS Canada Mail a Maritime Administration type (C4-S-1sa) hull, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA, under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 154)
  • Launched, 30 May 1964
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 12 March 1965, and placed in service by American Mail Lines
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (date unknown)
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1977
  • Placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS H. H. Hess (T-AGS-38) (date unknown)
  • Placed out of service, 16 January 1992, at Port Canaveral, FL.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 February 1992
  • Transferred, 1 June 1993 to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 16,828 t.(fl)
    Length 563' 6"
    Beam 76'; Draft 27'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Armament none.
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 19,250shp
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    H. H. Hess 72k H. H. Hess (T-AGS-38) underway in Elliott Bay in Puget Sound, date unknown. Note the Seattle skyline in the background including the Space Needle. Carl R. Friberg Jr.
    H. H. Hess 83k H. H. Hess (T-AGS-38) moored pierside, Pearl Harbor, HI., 18 November 1980. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
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