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USNS Henson (T-AGS-63)

Pathfinder Class Hydrographic Survey Ship:
  • Laid down, 13 October 1995, at Halter Marine Inc., Moss Point, MS.
  • Launched, 21 October 1996
  • Delivered to the Navy, 20 February 1998
  • Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Henson (T-AGS-63)
  • USNS Henson is one of the seven survey ships of MSC's Special Mission Ships Program
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,981 t.(lt) 4,260 t.(fl)
    Length 329'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 18
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 25 Civilian Mariners, 30 Scientific Party
    Propulsion four EMD Diesels (diesel-electric drive), 8,520kw, twin shafts
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    Henson 69k USNS Henson (T-AGS-63) at sea, circa early 1998
    US Navy photo # NH 96772 KN from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Henson 2293k USNS Henson (T-AGS-63) underway in the Potomac River while passing through the open draw of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge shortly after departing Alexandria, VA., 23 November 1998.
    US Department of Defense photo # DN-SC-03-10228, a US Navy photo now in the collections of Defense Imagery..    		 Robert Hurst
    Henson 71k USNS Henson (T-AGS-63) moored pierside Stavanger, Norway, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC web site
    Henson 302k USNS Henson (T-AGS-63) under way, 3 June 2002, location unknown.
    US Navy (MSC) photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Henson 677k USNS Henson (T-AGS-63) arrives at Monaco, 11 October 2005.
    US Navy Photo (MSC) by Deputy Larsen.    		 Robert Hurst
    Henson 1771k USNS Henson (T-AGS-63) arrives at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to support humanitarian efforts of Operation Unified Response. The multipurpose ship performs acoustic, biological, physical and geophysical surveys, providing much of the U.S. military's information on the ocean environment.
    US Navy photo # 100120-N-8241M-025 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jan. 20, 2010) by MCS Bill Mesta.    		 Lee Wahler
    Henson 2180k USNS Henson (T-AGS-63) arrives at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to take on fuel and supplies. Henson has been operating off the coast of Haiti supporting humanitarian assistance missions after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 12. The multipurpose ship performs acoustic, biological, physical and geophysical surveys, providing information on the ocean environment.
    US Navy photo # 100228-N-8241M-289 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Feb. 28, 2010) by MCS Bill Mesta.    		 Lee Wahler
    Henson 477k USNS Henson (T-AGS-63) anchored at Cartagena, Colombia, 9 March 2010.
    US Navy (MSC) photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Henson 61k USNS Henson (T-AGS-63) enters Portsmouth Naval Base, England, 6 September 2010, in very windy and stormy weather. The old fort in the background is Spitbank Fort, one of a string of forts that were built in the 1860's to protect the naval base approaches from attack from the sea. Lee Wahler
    USNS Henson (T-AGS-63)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Fact File - Oceanographic Survey Ships - T-AGS
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