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25-536: USNS Bowditch has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USNS  Bowditch  (T-AGS-21) , an oceanographic survey ship in non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service from 1958 to ca. 1988 USNS  Bowditch  (T-AGS-62) , an oceanographic survey ship in non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service since 1996 See also [ edit ] USS  Bowditch [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of ships with

50-561: A length of 208 feet, both ships were slightly smaller than the T-AGS 60 class ships. Both were capable of collecting hydrographic data on all headings in seas with wave heights up to 9 feet and could launch and recover two HSLs and other survey equipment in seas up to 4 feet. McDonnell was decommissioned on 25 August 2010. Littlehales was transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on 3 March 2003. She

75-691: A minimum of time to keep up with fleet advances across the Pacific. At the peak of World War II, 43 million charts were printed and issued in one year. The Hydrographic Office was redesignated U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) in 1962, and in 1976 the Office was relocated to the National Space Technology Laboratory (NSTL), which is now known as the John C. Stennis Space Center, in south Mississippi. NAVOCEANO oversees

100-510: A seventh (T-AGS-67) currently under construction. The T-AGS 60 class ships were designed and constructed to provide multipurpose oceanographic capabilities in coastal and deep-ocean areas for NAVOCEANO. On board, surveyors are equipped to conduct physical, chemical and biological oceanographic operations; multidisciplinary environmental investigations; ocean engineering and marine acoustics; marine geology and geophysics; and bathymetric, gravimetric and magnetometric surveying. Typical missions of

125-766: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-21) SS South Bend Victory was a World War II era Victory ship. She was laid down on 11 May 1945 and delivered to the Maritime Commission on 30 June 1945. For World War II she was operated by the Waterman Steamship Company under the United States Merchant Marine act for the War Shipping Administration . She had United States Navy Armed Guard to man

150-659: The Department of Defense . The Royal Navy created the post of Hydrographer of the Navy in 1795, which within five years was producing naval charts for naval and merchant use. In 1830, the U.S. Navy established the Depot of Charts and Instruments maintain a supply of navigational instruments and nautical charts for issue to naval vessels. It soon became apparent that the Depot would be unable to obtain and maintain an adequate supply of

175-764: The Naval Ice Center in Suitland, Maryland, and the Fleet Survey Team at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. NAVOCEANO is the largest subordinate command under the Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, which is also located at Stennis Space Center. NAVOCEANO's seven oceanographic ships are operated by the Military Sealift Command . The oceanographic survey ships have no homeport and are forward-deployed, surveying

200-935: The deck guns . She was built under the Emergency Shipbuilding program under cognizance of the U.S. Maritime Commission . In 1946 after World War II the South Bend Victory was converted to a livestock ship, also called a cowboy ship. From 1945 to 1947 the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the Brethren Service Committee of the Church of the Brethren sent livestock to war-torn countries. These " seagoing cowboys " made about 360 trips on 73 different ships. The Heifers for Relief project

225-745: The 329-foot-long (100 m) T-AGS 60 vessels may include oceanographic sampling and data collection of surface water, mid-water and ocean floor parameters; the launch and recovery of small boats known as hydrographic survey launches (HSLs); the launching, recovering and towing of scientific packages (both tethered and autonomous) including the handling, monitoring and servicing of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs); shipboard oceanographic data processing and sample analysis; and precise navigation, trackline maneuvering and station-keeping to support deep-ocean and coastal surveys. NAVOCEANO formerly operated two coastal hydrographic T-AGS 50 class ship, John McDonnell  (T-AGS-51) , and Littlehales  (T-AGS-52) . At

250-480: The Depot needed a way to gather information quickly on a worldwide basis. Naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury , who became known as "The Pathfinder of the Seas", supplied the answer to this dilemma. Commander Maury, who held the position of Hydrographer of the Navy from 1842 to 1861, is credited with founding the science of oceanography. His system for collecting and using oceanographic data revolutionized navigation of

275-427: The Office's mission had expanded to include "the carrying out of surveys, the collection of information and the printing of every kind of nautical chart or publication." The Office continued to grow throughout the nineteenth century. By the turn of the century, pleasure cruises had become a popular form of vacationing, and suddenly the attention of the world was drawn to a new danger to navigation – ice. The collision of

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300-556: The Titanic with an iceberg in 1912 prompted the Hydrographic Office to urge that an ice patrol be established to document sea-ice hazards to prevent such disasters. This was the beginning of today's sophisticated, high-tech methods of surveying, measuring and recording ice thickness, ice-ridge profiles and other characteristics to monitor ocean-ice conditions above and below the surface. Because features and conditions of

325-403: The benefit of all. Within five years, 26 million reports poured into the Depot, which originally had been intended only as a storehouse of charts and instruments. In 1854, the agency was given the official name of The U.S. Naval Observatory and Hydrographical Office . In 1866, an Act of Congress separated the two functions, establishing the Hydrographic Office as a distinct activity. By this time

350-442: The coasts of both Americas, and far into the west and southwest Pacific. It began the U.S. collection of world magnetic data and contributed substantially to hydrographic, meteorological, botanical and geological knowledge of the explored regions. During the succeeding five years, 87 similar charts were published and issued from the results of surveys by Wilkes and his officers. These individual surveys, however, were limited in scope;

375-404: The latest data unless it undertook production of charts from its own surveys. In 1837, the first survey sponsored by the Depot and led by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes resulted in four engraved charts published for use by the U.S. Navy. Lieutenant Wilkes continued his surveying and gained fame as leader of the U.S. Exploring Expedition . The expedition ranged over the eastern Atlantic to Antarctica,

400-485: The ocean 365 days every year. To avoid interrupting continuous operations, oceanographers from NAVOCEANO relieve their fellow surveyors by flying to locations around the world to meet the ship. NAVOCEANO has operational control of six T-AGS 60 class ships: Pathfinder  (T-AGS-60) , Bowditch  (T-AGS-62) , Henson  (T-AGS-63) , Bruce C. Heezen  (T-AGS-64) , Marie Tharp  (T-AGS-66) (formerly USNS Maury ), and Mary Sears  (T-AGS-65) , with

425-521: The same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USNS_Bowditch&oldid=1047360415 " Categories : Set index articles on ships United States Navy ship names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

450-497: The seas. Maury assumed command of the Navy's Depot of Charts and Instruments in 1842. Possessing an active, scientific mind, he immediately recognized possibilities for expanding the services of the Depot. Following the example of the Royal Navy 's Hydrographer of the Navy , he suggested that, if all U.S. shipmasters would submit reports of their experiences to a central agency, the data could be digested, compiled and published for

475-812: The ships Gyroscope. Bowditch was taken out of service in 1987 and laid up the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Beaumont. She was disposed of by MARAD exchange 4 March 1988 and scrapped in Kaohsiung . Naval Oceanographic Office The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), located at John C. Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi , is an echelon IV component of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC) and comprises approximately 1,000 civilian, military and contract personnel responsible for providing oceanographic products and services to all elements within

500-419: The world's oceans are constantly changing, surveying, charting and mapping must be continuous processes. Experiences during World War I showed the need for greater accuracy for oceanographic data. By 1922, responding to these needs, the Navy had developed the first practical sonic sounding machine, making it possible to surpass all previous efforts in deep-sea sounding and bathymetric charting . Aerial photography

525-702: Was a US Navy Oceanographic Detachment, upgraded ca. May 1966 to an Oceanographic Unit, of approximately 3 officers and 22 enlisted personnel, mostly technicians. Varying numbers of civilian scientists and engineers managed survey operations, and maintained certain navigation and sonar equipment, usually about 12 oceanographers from the Naval Oceanographic Office, some personnel from the Naval Applied Sciences Laboratory, and about 7 technical representatives from private corporations which included Sperry Corporation maker of

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550-844: Was operated by the Prudential Steamship Corporation from 1950 to 1953 for Korean War . In 1953 with her war work done she was laid up in the James River as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet . The ship was acquired by the U.S. Navy from the National Defense Reserve Fleet in August 1957, renamed Bowditch , and converted to an Oceanographic Survey Ship (AGS) at the Charleston Naval Shipyard from 10 October 1957 to 30 September 1958. USNS Bowditch T-AGS-21

575-567: Was operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) for the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office in the Ocean Survey Program (OSP) under direction of the U.S. Navy Office of Special Projects in support of the U.S. Navy Fleet Ballistic Missile Program. Three ships were converted for this purpose: Bowditch , and identical sister ships Dutton and Michelson . Attached aboard Bowditch

600-616: Was started by the Church of the Brethren in 1942; in 1953 this became Heifer International . The SS South Bend Victory was one of these ships, known as cowboy ships, as she moved livestock across the Atlantic Ocean. In the April and June of 1946 she took 780 horses, several thousand baby chicks and hay bales to Poland on each trip. South Bend Victory moved horses, heifers, and mules as well as some chicks, rabbits, and goats. She

625-610: Was used for the first time that year. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor , the demands for charts increased to about 40 times the normal pre-war rate. The Hydrographic Office was moved to more adequate facilities at Suitland, Maryland , about 6 miles (10 km) from the nation's Capitol building, and was placed under the cognizance of the Chief of Naval Operations to focus activities directly to programs of national security. Additional survey vessels were obtained, each equipped to conduct surveys and to produce printed charts aboard ship in

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