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T-AGOR-7 Lynch

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Kilo - Foxtrot
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal
Robert D. Conrad Class Oceanographic Research Ship:
  • Laid down, 7 September 1962, at Marietta Mfg. Co., Point Pleasant, W.VA.
  • Launched, 17 March 1964
  • Delivered to the Navy, 23 July 1965
  • Placed in service by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Lynch (T-AGOR-7)
  • Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register, and transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA; 23 December 1994
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, 29 November 2001, at D&D Steel Co., Brownsville, TX.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,200 t.(lt) 1,370 t.(fl)
    Length 209'
    Beam 40'
    Draft 16'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 23 civilian mariners, 38 scientists
    Propulsion diesel-electric, single propeller, 2,500shp, retractable azmuthing bow thruster
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    Lynch 62k Lynch (T-AGOR-7) seen here in foreground with Hayes (T-AGOR-16) in background Bill Valashinas
    Sands 83k Lynch (T-AGOR-7) pierside, with Sands (T-AGOR-6) outboard, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Lynch 37k Lynch (T-AGOR-7) tending SPAR (Seagoing Platform for Acoustic Research), June 1966, near Solomons, MD.
    US Navy photo from DANFS.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    View the Lynch (T-AGOR-7)
    DANFS     history entry at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Navy Oceanographic Survey Ship (AGOR) Designator Listing
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