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PY-30 / AGS-2 Hydrographer


Built 1925 by Spear Engine Works, Norfolk, VA; Acquired by the Navy from the Coast and Geodetic Survey April 1942; Reclassified a Survey Ship (AGS); Converted for Naval service at Choctaw Boat Works, Chactaw AL; Commissioned USS Hydrographer (AGS-2), 20 May 1942; Decommissioned 1 July 1946 at Norfolk, VA; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey; Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,044 t.(fl); Length 164' 11"; Beam 31' 6" ; Draft 11' 6"; Speed 10kts; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts.
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PY-30/AGS-2 119k Seen here as (AGS-2) Aleution Islands, Alaska, 1943 NOAA web site
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