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USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS-65)

Pathfinder Class Hydrographic Survey Ship:

Laid down, 28 July 1999, at Halter Marine Inc., Moss Point, MS.

Launched, 19 October 2000

Delivered to the Navy, 17 December 2001

Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS-65)

USNS Mary Sears is one of the seven survey ships of MSC's Special Mission Ships Program

Specifications:
Displacement 1,981 t.(lt) 4,260 t.(fl)
Length 329'
Beam 58'
Draft 18
Speed 16 kts
Complement 28 civilian mariners, 27 scientific party
Propulsion four EMD Diesels (diesel-electric drive), 8,520kw, twin shafts

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	84k	*USNS Mary Sears* (T-AGS-65)** underway, date and place unknown.		MSC web site
	60k	*USNS Mary Sears* (T-AGS-65) moored at Singapore, 29 January 2007, after a successful mission to search for and locate missing Adam Air Flight KI 574, which disappeared off the coast of West Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1 January 2007. During the mission a search team aboard Mary Sears** located pingers from Flight KI 574 and mapped the aircraft’s debris field at a depth between 1500 and 1900 meters. US Navy # 070129-N-5747D-001 by MC2 Devin Dorney.		Lee Wahler

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Mary Sears - Ships Namesake

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Last Updated 7 July 2008