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USNS Sumner (T-AGS-61) is a Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship that became operational in 1997. [1] [2] It is the fourth United States Navy ship named Sumner, in this case for Thomas Hubbard Sumner, an American sea captain who discovered the principles of celestial navigation by circle of equal altitude.
USS Sumner (AG-32/AGS-5) was a survey ship in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of Thomas Sumner . She was originally commissioned as a submarine tender as USS Bushnell (AS-2/AG-32) , in honor of David Bushnell , the inventor of the first American submarine .
The contract for a seventh ship, USNS Maury, was awarded in December 2009. In August 2014, USNS Sumner, was deactivated, and USNS Maury was delivered on February 16, 2016, restoring the survey fleet to six ships. [3] On November 19, 2018, the Navy awarded a contract for advanced work for an eighth Pathfinder-class ship. [4]
The survey ships, AGS-5 and T-AGS-61, were named after the 19th century Navy captain Thomas Hubbard Sumner. The first USS Sumner (DD-333) was a Clemson-class destroyer commissioned in 1921 and decommissioned in 1930. The second USS Sumner (AGS-5) was originally the submarine tender Bushnell; commissioned in 1915, converted to a survey ship in ...
Silas Bent-class survey ship; USS Simon Newcomb; USS Sumner (AGS-5) T. USS Tanner; USS Towhee; W. USS Wave (1836) USNS Wyman
Two survey ships of the United States Navy (USN), the USS Sumner (AGS-5) and USNS Sumner (T-AGS-61), were named in honour of Sumner. Note that two other Sumner's of the USN, the USS Sumner (DD-333) and the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), were named for United States Marine Corps Captain Allen Melancthon Sumner, who died in action in World War I.
A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for underwater surveys, usually to collect data for mapping or planning underwater construction or mineral extraction. It is a type of research vessel , and may be designed for the purpose, modified for the purpose or temporarily put into the service as a vessel of opportunity , and may ...
Survey ships of the United States Navy (2 C, 43 P) Pages in category "Survey ships of the United States" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total.