USNS Michelson (T-AGS-23)
USNS Michelson (T-AGS-23) was a oceanographic survey ship of the United States Navy. Launched as the SS Joliet Victory in 1944, Maritime Commission hull number MCV 114, a type VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship, she was named after Albert Abraham Michelson. The ship was reactivated from the James River Maritime Administration Reserve Fleet on 8 February 1958, delivered to the Navy Department at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 8 August 1957 and converted to an AGS by the Charleston Naval Shipyard. USNS Michelson (AGS‑23) was placed in service on 15 December 1958 under the operational control of MSTS Atlantic.
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USNS Michelson (T-AGS-23)
USNS Michelson (T-AGS-23) was a oceanographic survey ship of the United States Navy. Launched as the SS Joliet Victory in 1944, Maritime Commission hull number MCV 114, a type VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship, she was named after Albert Abraham Michelson. The ship was reactivated from the James River Maritime Administration Reserve Fleet on 8 February 1958, delivered to the Navy Department at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 8 August 1957 and converted to an AGS by the Charleston Naval Shipyard. USNS Michelson (AGS‑23) was placed in service on 15 December 1958 under the operational control of MSTS Atlantic.
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1958-02-08
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1948-07-01
1953-10-31
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1944-07-07
1950-07-27
1958-12-15
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1944-05-05
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1.38684e+2
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1.88976e+1
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ship launched
1944-06-14
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Sold, 22 September 1977
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Ship acquired
1958-02-08
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United States
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Ship fate
Ship in service
1944-07-07
1950-07-27
1958-12-15
Ship laid down
1944-05-05
Ship launched
1944-06-14
Ship name
SS Joliet Victory
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Ship out of service
1948-07-01
1953-10-31
Ship propulsion
Cross compound steam turbine,
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Ship struck
1975-04-15
Ship type
Type VC-2-AP2 Victory ship
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