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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USNS Hayes (T-AG-195)
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USNS Hayes (T-AGOR-16) (1971 - 1992)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Alpha - Yankee NHAY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Hayes Class Oceanographic Research Ship:

Laid down, 12 November 1969, at Todd Shipyards, Corp., Seattle, WA.

Launched, 2 July 1970

Delivered to the Navy, 21 July 1971 and placed in service by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Hayes (T-AGOR-16)

Assigned to the Ready Reserve, 10 June 1983

Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) in 1984 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

Reacquired by the Navy during FY86 and converted to an Acoustic Research Ship

Placed in service by MSC as USNS Hayes (T-AG-195) in early 1992

Hayes performed acoustic research in support of the submarine noise reduction program

Inactivated and struck from the Naval Register, 3 December 2008

Laid up at NAVSEA Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA.

Specifications:
Displacement 2,329 t.(lt) 4,521 t.(fl)
Length 246'
Beam 75'
Draft 22' (max)
Speed 17 kts. (max)
Complement 26 civilian mariners, 30 scientific party
Propulsion diesel-electric, two Caterpillar diesel engines, 3,620hp, two generators, two Westinghouse electric motors, 2,400hp; two auxiliary diesel (for creep speed) 330hp, two propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USNS Hayes (T-AGOR-16)
	303k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AGOR-16)**, launching at Todd Shipyards, Corp., Seattle, 2 July 1970. US Navy photo	CDR. Louis D. Chirillo USN Ret
	360k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AGOR-16)** underway for sea trials, aerial port quarter view, November 1970. US Navy photo	CDR. Louis D. Chirillo USN Ret
	256k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AGOR-16)** underway, head on view, sea trials, November 1970. US Navy photo	CDR. Louis D. Chirillo USN Ret
	301k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AGOR-16)** underway during sea trials in November 1970, port quarter view. US Navy photo	CDR. Louis D. Chirillo USN Ret
	340k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AGOR-16)** underway during sea trials, aerial port bow view, November 1970. US Navy photo	CDR. Louis D. Chirillo USN Ret
	41k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AGOR-16)** underway in August 1972, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	100k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AGOR-16)** underway, aerial port bow view. US Navy photo	.
	62k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AGOR-16) underway with USNS Lynch (T-AGOR-7)** in foreground.	Bill Valashinas
	306k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AGOR-16)** Welcome Aboard brochure, cover and pages 1 and 2	Carl R Friberg Jr
	466k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AGOR-16)** Welcome Aboard brochure inside pages 3 through 6	Carl R Friberg Jr
USNS Hayes (T-AG-195)
	70k	*USNS Hayes* (T-AG-195) underway during sea trials, aerial port bow view. This photo shows Hayes** in Naval Research Laboratory configuration. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	170k	Ex-*USNS Hayes* (T-AG-195) under tow at Hampton Roads, VA., 3 December 2008, after her inactivation on the same date. Ex-Hayes** was towed to the Naval Ship Inactive Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA. for lay up.	Photo by Mable Clark