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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by William Beaulieu RD3

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)

USS Maury (AGS-16)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Bravo - Bravo NCBB
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

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

During the Vietnam War Maury participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
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' 5"
Speed 16.9 kts.
Complement 303
Armament

one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

four dual 40mm AA gun mounts

ten single 20mm AA gun mounts
Cargo Capacity 4,450DWT
Boats one LCP(L), twelve LCVP, eight LCM(3)
Troop Capacity 264
Propulsion two turbo-electric engines, twin shafts, 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
	31k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** underway, circa 1950, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	67k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** underway in the Persian Gulf, circa September 1949 to May 1952. US Navy photo	Russ Padden
	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
	94k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** off Vietnam, circa 1966-67	Larry Badgett, MM2 USN, 1964-1970 USS Maury
	102k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16) at Pearl Harbor, January 1969 with USS Kawishiwa (AO-146) moored forward of Maury**	© Richard Leonhardt
	40k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** in the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam, circa 1967 US Navy photo from the 11 October 1968 of the "NAVOCEANO Bulletin."	Ramon Jackson
	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
	137k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** at anchor in the harbor at Monaco in 1952.	William Beaulieu RD3 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
	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 ,i>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
	57k	*USS Maury* (AGS-16)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from DANFS	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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