USNS Bowditch TAGS-21
Oceanographic Detachment/Unit One


Newspaper Articles

Sealift Magazine February 1962

Publication of the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS).

Return of Bowditch, Dutton and Michelson to New York after initial deployment.

Thanks to Dave Royer.

La Vanguardia Espanola
December 31, 1967

This article, loaded with innacuracies and strange ideas, is about a 1967 Bowditch port call at Barcelona. It was submitted by a Spanish visitor to the site who reports that "the press has never been characterized by being faithful to reality and even less with these naval issues, even more so in those times of Franco's dictatorship in 1967".

Translatied from Spanish by Google Translate.

Thanks to Antoni Casinos.

Naval Oceanographic Office Bulletin
January 1982

Photos of Ocunit One US Navy crewmembers at work.

Thanks to Bill Truslow.

Naval Oceanographic Office Bulletin
August 1982

Bowditch gets major overhaul at shipyard in Norfolk. The WPN-3A Loran receivers were replaced after 20 years service and CP-677 computers replaced after 18 years!

Thanks to Bill Truslow.

Naval Oceanographic Office Bulletin
October 1982

This announcement is a bit premature. Both Bowditch and Dutton kept on steaming for several years. C3 vessels SS Moremac Scan and SS Moremac Lake were never converted to anything.The ships designated T-AGS-39 and T-AGS-40 were newly constructed as USNS Maury and USNS Maury, purpose built as diesel powered survey ships.

Thanks to Bill Truslow.

Naval Oceanographic Office Bulletin
September 1985

What day-to-day life aboard Bowditch was like.

Thanks to Bill Truslow.

Naval Oceanographic Office Bulletin
January 1987

The Bowditch mission as told by the XO of Ocunit One.

Thanks to Bill Truslow.

Naval Oceanographic Office Bulletin
March 1987

Bowditch damaged in collision while at anchor at Rio de Janeiro.

Thanks to Bill Truslow.

Naval Oceanography Command News
March 1987

More about the collision including details about damage to the ship's electronics.

Thanks to Bill Truslow.

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