USS Maury (AGS-16)
Survey ship USS Maury (AGS-16) at anchor, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, April 1967 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
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| Namesake |
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| Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Laid down | 21 November 1944 |
| Launched | 31 January 1945 |
| Commissioned | 28 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 19 December 1969 |
| Renamed | Maury, 12 July 1946 |
| Reclassified | AGS-16 (survey ship), 12 July 1946 |
| Stricken | 19 December 1969 |
| Honours & awards | 6 battle stars and Meritorious Unit Commendation (Vietnam) |
| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1973 |
| General characteristics Extensive reconfiguration as survey ship 1946. | |
| Class & type | Artemis-class attack cargo ship |
| Type | S4–SE2–BE1 |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 426 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Speed | 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph) |
| Complement | 303 officers and enlisted |
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| Notes | 1946 conversion: New silhouette. survey equipment, photographic, printing, and repair shops, helipad, helicopter, and sound boats. |
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USS Maury (AGS-16) was a hydrographic surveying ship in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1969.
The ship was originally laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull 1897) as USS Renate (AKA-36) on 21 November 1944 at Providence, R.I., by Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc.; launched on 31 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph L. Baker; and commissioned at State Pier No.1, Providence, on 28 February 1945. Renate was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after the minor planet 575 Renate. "Renate" is a female German surname derived from Latin "renatus" (= born again). The ship was later converted for hydrographic missions and renamed Maury (AGS-16) in 1946, named after the astronomer and hydrographer Matthew Fontaine Maury.