USNS S. P. Lee (T-AGS-31)

USNS S. P. Lee was laid down on 27 June 1966 by the3 Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan as yard hull number 441. The ship, sponsored by Mrs. David Scull, great granddaughter of Admiral Lee, was launched on 19 October 1967 and delivered to the navy on 2 December 1968. The University of Hawaii operated the ship as R/V Samuel P. Lee from 1983 to 1992 out of its Marine Expeditionary Center, Snug Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii as part of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) fleet.

USNS S. P. Lee (T-AGS-31)

USNS S. P. Lee was laid down on 27 June 1966 by the3 Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan as yard hull number 441. The ship, sponsored by Mrs. David Scull, great granddaughter of Admiral Lee, was launched on 19 October 1967 and delivered to the navy on 2 December 1968. The University of Hawaii operated the ship as R/V Samuel P. Lee from 1983 to 1992 out of its Marine Expeditionary Center, Snug Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii as part of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) fleet.