Name USNS Maury Laid down 1 February 2011 Launched 27 March 2013 Builder Halter Marine | Awarded 22 December 2009 Construction started 1 February 2011 Length 108 m | |
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USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. It is the seventh ship in the class. Maury is named after Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury, the "Father of Modern Oceanography" who famously resigned from the United States Navy to sail for the Confederacy. Maury is the first oceanographic survey ship built since USNS Mary Sears, was launched in 2000. At approximately 350 feet (110 m), Maury is 24 feet (7.3 m) longer than its other sister ships in the same class. This modification is to accommodate a 300-square-foot (28 m2) moon pool for unmanned vehicle deployment and retrieval.
Maury's keel was laid on 1 February 2011 in a ceremony at the Halter Marine shipyard in Moss Point, Mississippi. The hull was launched on 27 March 2013. It was delivered on 16 Feb 2016. Maury is operated by the Military Sealift Command.
Maury completed its maiden voyage in June 2016.
