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T-AGS-39 Maury

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Maury Class Hydrographic Survey Ship:

Laid down, 4 September 1986, under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 4667), at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched, 4 September 1987

Delivered to the US Navy, 31 March 1989

Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Maury (T-AGS-39)

Placed out of service in September 1994

Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1994

Transferred by MARAD to the California Maritime Academy, 4 May 1996, renamed TS Golden Bear III

Specifications:
Displacement 9,319 t.(lt) 15,928 t.(fl)
Length 449' 10"
Beam 72'
Draft 30
Speed 20+kts
Armament none
Complement crew and scientific party, 108
Propulsion two Enterprise R5-V16 diesels, single shaft, 17,000hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
TS Golden Bear III
	39k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III, moored pierside at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., date unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	76k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III, moored at her dock at the California Maritime Academy in the Carquenez Strait at Vallejo, CA. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	92k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III, moored at her dock at the California Maritime Academy in the Carquenez Strait at Vallejo, CA. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	105k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III, moored at her dock at the California Maritime Academy in the Carquenez Strait at Vallejo, CA. A good view of the Carquenez Strait Bridge in the background. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	35k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III, moored at her dock at the California Maritime Academy in the Carquenez Strait at Vallejo, CA. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	34k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III.	Cal Maritime
	37k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	35k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	31k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	45k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	36k	ex-Maury (T-AGS-39) in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration

There is no DANFS History currently available for Maury (T-AGS-39) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
California Maritime Academy

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Navy Survey Ships AGSC Designator

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Last Updated 13 May 2005