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USS Renate (AKA-36)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Bravo - Foxtrot NTBF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right top to bottom
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)

Contributed by William Beaulieu RD3

Contributed by Al Grazevich

USS Maury (AGS-16)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Bravo - Bravo NCBB
JANAP Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - Expert (V)ictor

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (1 December 1965)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Battle "E" Ribbon - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (8-Vietnam, 1-Quemoy-Matsu, 1-Korea) - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship:

Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BE1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Welsh-Kaiser Co. Providence, R.I.

Launched, 31 January 1945

Commissioned USS Renate (AKA-36), 28 February 1945, LCDR. Joseph F. Wickham, USNR, in command

During World War II USS Renate was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
TransRon Twenty-Two, COMO. S.P. Jenkins;
TransDiv Sixty-Five, CAPT. E.C. Rogers USN (18)

Following World War II USS Renate was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
2 to 28 September 1945
19 to 28 October 1945

Reclassified Survey Ship and renamed USS Maury (AGS-16), 12 July 1946

During the Vietnam War USS Maury participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnamese Counteroffensive 8 January to 25 February 1966 16 March to 8 April 1966 18 April to 11 May 1966 3 to 12 June 1966	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 30 April to 20 May 1968 5 to 30 June 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 12 March to 10 April 1967 26 April to 29 May 1967	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 1 July 1968 7 July to 15 August 1968 26 August to 9 September1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III 21 June to 19 July 1967 3 August to 27 August 1967

Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1969

Laid up in the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility

Returned to the Maritime Administration, 26 June 1970, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 10 August 1973, to National Steel and Metal Co., Terminal Island, CA.

USS Maury earned five campaign stars for Vietnam War service

AKA Specifications:
Displacement 4,087 t.(lt) 7,080 t(fl)
Length 426'
Beam 58'
Draft 16' (lim)
Speed 16.9 kts.

Complement

Officers 27

Enlisted 276

Armament

one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts

Cargo capacity 980 DWT

non-refrigerated 110,000 Cu. ft.

Boats

one LCP(L)

twelve LCVPs

two LCMs

Troop Capacity 264

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 9,540 Bbls

Diesel 365 Bbls

Propulsion

two Westinghouse turbo-electric engines

two Wickes boilers, 450psi 750°

Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
one turbo-drive 150Kw 450V A.C.
two turbo-drive 250Kw 450V A.C.

twin propellers, 6,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Renate (AKA-36)
	109k	*USS Renate* (AKA-36) underway, date and location unknown. A US Navy photo from the "USS Renate Welcome Aboard**" brochure, 1945.	A. Ray Taylor MoMM3/c (T) USS Renate 1945-46
	53k	*USS Renate* (AKA-36)** anchored at Sasebo, Japan, September-October 1945.	A. Ray Taylor MoMM3/c (T) USS Renate 1945-46
	58k	*USS Renate* (AKA-36)** moored pierside at Sasebo, Japan, September-October 1945.	A. Ray Taylor MoMM3/c (T) USS Renate 1945-46
USS Maury AGS-16)
	138k	Namesake Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury USN Comdr. Matthew Fontaine Maury, astronomer and hydrographer, was born in Spotsylvania County, Va., 14 January 1806. Appointed Midshipman 1 February 1825, he achieved the rank of Commander 14 September 1855. He was appointed Superintendent of the Department of Charts and Instruments in 1842, and upon the establishment of the Naval Observatory in 1844 became its first Superintendent, holding that position until his resignation in April 1861. During this period he published some of his best known scientific works, and his “Wind and Current Charts,” “Sailing Directions,” and “Physical Geography of the Sea” remain standard. He became world famous as “Pathfinder of the Seas,” the leading oceanographer of history. Following his resignation at the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Navy, in which he attained the rank of Commodore. At the end of the war he occupied the chair of physics at the Virginia Military Institute. He died at Lexington, Va., 1 February 1873.	Bill Gonyo
	67k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** underway in the Persian Gulf, circa September 1949 to May 1952. US Navy photo	Russ Padden
	31k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** underway, circa 1950, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	81k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16) and USS Shelldrake (AGS-19)** moored pierside, circa 1952-56, place unknown. US Navy photo	Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR USS Maury
	137k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** at anchor in the harbor at Monaco in 1952.	William Beaulieu RD3 USS Maury
	117k	Overhead view of *USS Maury* (AGS-16)** underway, circa 14 April 1959, location unknown.	Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury, courtesy Albert McVicker EN2 USS Maury
	102	Maury (AGS-16) with *USS Serrano* (AGS-24)** alongside while moored at New Harbor, Bangkok, Thailand, circa 1963-64.	Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury
	94k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** off Vietnam, circa 1966-67	Larry Badgett, MM2 USN, 1964-1970 USS Maury
US National Archives RG-19-LCM photo # 19-N-91014	88k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** at anchor off the Mekong Delta in April 1967 with her four 32-ton soundboats lined up alongside. The tall lattice mast over the bridge was fitted in the late 1950s or early 1960s. A helo operates from the platform on the fantail, from which in the late 1940s she operated a Grumman J2F "Duck" seaplane. US National Archives RG-19-LCM photo # 19-N-91014 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Ramon Jackson, Robert Hurst and Tommy Trampp
	38k		Ramon Jackson, Robert Hurst and Tommy Trampp
	98k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)**'s Sound Boat GS-16-2 gets underway in rough seas near the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam, circa January to September 1967. US Navy photo from the 11 October 1968 of the "NAVOCEANO Bulletin."	Ramon Jackson
	77k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** off the coast of Conson Island , South Vietnam, 1968.	Photo by Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury
	59k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** at Pearl Harbor, HI. circa 1968, returning from deployment off the coast of South Vietnam.	Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury
	130k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** at Pearl Harbor, HI. circa 1968, returning from deployment off the coast of South Vietnam.	Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury
	79k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, HI. circa 1968.	Vito Scarpetta, SN USS Maury
	102k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16) at Pearl Harbor, January 1969 with USS Kawishiwi (AO-146) moored forward of Maury**	© Richard Leonhardt
	369k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16) with USS Serrano (AGS-24)** alongside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Terry D. Gann
	57k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from DANFS	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	90k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** under way, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	73k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.

USS Maury Additional Ships Patches and Plaques

Contributed by
Terry D. Gann EM2 USNR Ret. USS Maury

1965 Battle Efficiency E plaque
Contributed by
Stan Coats EM1 USS Maury

For more photos and information about USS Renate (AKA-36 / USS Maury (AGS-16), see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
MARAD Vessel History Data Base
USS Maury AGS 16 Association

Navy Survey Ships (AGS) Designator Listing
Commanding Officers

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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