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R/V Robert D. Conrad (AGOR-3)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Robert D. Conrad Class Oceanographic Research Ship:

Laid down, 19 January 1961, at Gibbs Systems Inc., Jacksonville, FL.

Launched, 26 May 1962

Delivered to the Navy, 29 November 1962

Placed in service by MSC, as R/V Robert D. Conrad (AGOR-3), assigned to the Lamont Geological Observatory, Columbia University for operation

Placed out of service, 26 July 1989 and transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 4 October 1989

Sold for scrapping, 21 November 2003, to Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA.

Scrapping completed, 27 April 2004

Specifications:
Displacement 1,200 t.(lt) 1,370 t.(fl)
Length 209'
Beam 40'
Draft 16'
Speed 12 kts.

Complement

23 civilian mariners

38 scientists

Propulsion

Diesel-electric

single propeller, 2,500shp

retractable azmuthing bow thruster

Size	Image Description	Source
178k	Launching of *R/V Robert D. Conrad* (AGOR-3)** at Gibbs Systems Inc., Jacksonville, FL. 26 May 1962.	David Wright
154k	*R/V Robert D. Conrad* (AGOR-3)** under way in November 1962, probably off Jacksonville, FL. US National Archives Photo # USN 1065688, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval History and Heritage Command
100k	*R/V Robert D. Conrad* (AGOR-3)** preparing to moor pierside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
80k	*R/V Robert D. Conrad* (AGOR-3)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
44k	*R/V Robert D. Conrad* (AGOR-3)** off Piermont Pier, Piermont, N.Y. on the Hudson River, circa mid 1980’s. Note the Tappan Zee Bridge is in the background. US Geodetic Survey photo	Photo - Ramon Jackson Caption - Frank Robinson
82k	*R/v Robert D. Conrad* (AGOR-3)** under way, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
37k	*R/V Robert D. Conrad* (AGOR-3)** under way, date and location unknown. Photo by Henry Chezar R/V Conrad, 1980	Robert Hurst

R/V Robert D. Conrad (AGOR-3)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory -Conrad
MARAD Vessel History Database

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