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USNS Maury (T-AGS-39)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Maury Class Hydrographic Survey Ship:

Laid down, 4 September 1986, under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 4667), at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched, 4 September 1987

Delivered to the US Navy, 31 March 1989

Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Maury (T-AGS-39)

Placed out of service in September 1994

Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1994

Transferred by MARAD to the California Maritime Academy, 16 September 1996, renamed TS Golden Bear III

Specifications:
Displacement 9,319 t.(lt) 15,928 t.(fl)
Length 449' 10"
Beam 72'
Draft 30
Speed 20+kts
Armament none
Complement crew and scientific party, 108
Propulsion two Enterprise R5-V16 Diesel engines, single shaft, 17,000hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USNS Maury (T-AGS-39)
	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
	1170k	USNS Maury underway, date and location unknown.	Chris Jantsch
TS Golden Bear III
09103915	329k	Ex-*USNS Maury* (T-AGS-39)** arrives at Federal Industrial Supply Center (ex-Naval Supply Center Oakland), 2 September 1996. Officers and students from California Maritime Academy waiting for the ship on the pier. Vallejo Naval and Historic Museum File: T-AGS 39 Sep 2 1996 TH	Darryl Baker
09103916	208k	Official transfer of ex-*USNS Maury* (T-AGS-39) to the California Maritime Academy, 16 September 1996. State of California Secretary for Child Development & Education Maureen DiMarco (center) and California Maritime Academy President Dr. Mary Lions, right, arrive onstage for the commemorating transfer of Maury** to the California Maritime Academy. The ship will be renamed TS Golden Bear III. Vallejo Naval and Historic Museum File: T-AGS 39 091696 TH	Darryl Baker
	39k	Ex-*USNS Maury* (T-AGS-39)** in the service of the California Maritime Academy as TS Golden Bear III, moored pierside at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA., date unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	107k	View looking across Carquenez Strait at the California Maritime Academy campus beyond TS Golden Bear III, moored at her dock at the California Maritime Academy in the Carquenez Strait at Vallejo, CA. Photo courtesy of PappyV.	Robert Hurst
	76k	TS Golden Bear III, moored at her dock at the California Maritime Academy in the Carquenez Strait at Vallejo, CA. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	92k	TS Golden Bear III, moored at her dock at the California Maritime Academy in the Carquenez Strait at Vallejo, CA. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	105k	TS Golden Bear III, moored at her dock at the California Maritime Academy in the Carquenez Strait at Vallejo, CA. A good view of the Carquenez Strait Bridge in the background. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	35k	TS Golden Bear III, moored at her dock at the California Maritime Academy in the Carquenez Strait at Vallejo, CA. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	34k	TS Golden Bear III.	Cal Maritime
	37k	TS Golden Bear III MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	35k	TS Golden Bear III MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	31k	TS Golden Bear III MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	45k	TS Golden Bear III MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	36k	TS Golden Bear III MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	1164k	TS Golden Bear III passing under the Golden Gate bridge while outbound from San Francisco Bay, circa 2002. Photo by Brandon Wiggins	Robert Hurst
09103917	62k	TS Golden Bear III moored in her berth at the California Maritime Academy campus at Vallejo, CA., 18 September 2023. Contributor unknown. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.	Robert Hurst
09103918	106k	TS Golden Bear III drydocked in a shipyard in Washington state, 12 Decemer 2013 Contributor unknown. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed.	Robert Hurst