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USNS Maire Tharp (T-AGS-66)
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USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) (2016 - 2023)

Pathfinder Class Hydrographic Survey Ship:

Laid down, 7 February 2011, at Halter Marine Inc., Moss Point, MS.

Launched, 26 March 2013

Completed acceptance trials, 6 November 2015

Delivered and accepted by the US Navy, 17 February 2016, placed in service with the Military Sealift Command as USNS Maury (T-AGS-66)

Renamed USNS Marie Tharp (T-AGS-66) in March 2023

Specifications:
Displacement 1,981 t.(lt) 4,260 t.(fl)
Length 329'
Beam 58'
Draft 18
Speed 16 kts
Complement 28 civilian mariners, 27 scientific party
Propulsion four EMD Diesels (diesel-electric drive), 8,520kw, twin shafts

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USNS Maury (T-AGS-66)
	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
	230k	*USNS Maury* (T-AGS-66)** launching, 26 March 2013, at Halter Marine Inc., Moss Point, MS. Courtesy Gary Stoltz, Navy Representative, at V.T. Halter Marine.	Ron Reeves and Terry D. Gann
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	256k	*USNS Maury* (T-AGS-66)** fitting out at the VT Halter Marine Inc., Moss Point, MS., 17 December 2013. At right is the new oil field support ship HOS Claymore. Photo taken by Chris Cavas from Intercepts Defensenews.com	Robert Hurst
	298k	*USNS Maury* (T-AGS-66)** leaving the V.T. Halter Ship Building at Moss Point in Pascagoula, Mississippi to the V.T. Halter Ship Yard. In Pascagoula, Mississippi. Photos by Navy Representative, David Stoltz, SSGC.	Terry Gann
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	90k	*USNS Maury* (T-AGS-66)** under way during builders trials in August 2015..	Terry Gann courtesy SSGS David L. Stoltz
09106610 171102-N-OH262-867	250k	*USNS Maury* (T-AGS-66)** arrives at Naval Station Norfolk after completing survey operations off the East Coast. IS Navy Photos # 171102-N-OH262-867 and 171102-N-OH262-933 by Bill Mesta.	Lee Wahler Robert Hurst
09106613 171102-N-OH262-933	150k		Lee Wahler Robert Hurst
09106614	123k	A starboard bow view of *USNS Maury* (T-AGS-66)** passing the Statue of Liberty on her way into port as part of Fleet Week New York, 23 May 2018. USMC photo # 180523-M-JM651-0001 bySgt. Annika Moody, USMC.	Robert Hurst
09106615	155k	Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer *USS Mitscher* (DDG-57) and USNS Maury (T-AGS-66)** pass the Statue of Liberty during Fleet Week New York's Parade of Ships, 23 May 2018. US Navy photo # 180523-N-UN744-0103 by MCC Travis Simmons	Robert Hurst
USNS Marie Tharp (T-AGS-66)
09106611	54k	*USNS Marie Tharp* (T-AGS-66)** moored pierside at Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 22 September 2024. VesselFinder	Robert Hurst
09106612	68k	*USNS Marie Tharp* (T-AGS-66)** underway in the Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone, circa September 2014 Image from USNS MARIE THARP - Research	Robert Hurst