The US Navy Crew of USNS Bowditch T-AGS-21 in 1968.
No, we did not look like this every day!
Photo by Earl Adams.
Dutton Arrives in New York in February 1975.
Photo by Roger Gilfert.
Bowditch in Heavy Seas.
North Atlantic c. 1971-72.
Photo by Jim Bohnsack.
Michelson at Sea c. 1970-71.
Photo by Earl Adams.
Bowditch in dry dock at Hoboken, winter 1968-69
Photo by Peter Hellman.
Computer at left, binnacle suspended from overhead on right.
SINS Mark 3 Mod 3 as installed on Bowditch.
Photo by Roger Gilfert c. 1974-75.
H. H. Hess was a a C4 hull, ex. SS Canada Mail.
Replaced Michelson for Oceanographic Unit Three c. 1977-92.
Photo contributed by Bennett Scharf.
Postcard image of Dutton at sea.
Photo probably taken in mid 1980s.
Treated as passengers aboard MSTS, ordered from menus,
served by stewards. Photo by George Meier 1967.
Bowditch at night, docked at Port Canaveral.
Photo by John Livingston c. 1978-79.
Dutton at sunset in the Med c. 1962-63.
Photo by Jack Keenan.
Probably at Port Canaveral, date unknown.
In Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal September, 1964.
Photo by Jeff Lawrence.
In the Med c. 1967-68.
Photo by John Prough.
How Michelson's Navy crew looked in January 1973.
Photo from Keith Oppegard.
Michelson at sea c. 1972-73.
Photo from Steve Campbell.
Off Hampton Roads May 18, 1976.
Photo from National Archives.
Lorac A/B radio navigation system.
Seismograph Service Corp. advertisement c. 1962.
Dutton at Bergen April 1962.
Photo from Jack Keenan.
Michelson at Port Canaveral April 1964.
Kodachrome by unknown photographer.
Converted to survey ship USNS Dutton in 1958.
Photo at Antwerp by unknown photographer.
Postcard photo date unknown.
Advertisement from 1962.
International Hydrographic Review (Monaco).
At sea in 1965.
Photo by ship's photographer, contributed by David Crestin.
About this web site ...
The TAGS Ship website contains the collected contributions of dozens of persons associated with the Ocean Survey Program, carried out by the US Navy's Oceanographic Office.
Reminiscences, technical descriptions, photos and sea stories are from US Navy sailors, merchant mariners, oceanographers and tech reps associated with survey ships USNS Bowditch, USNS Dutton and USNS Michelson as well as USNS H. H. Hess, Michelson's successor.
Originally at tags-21.info, the TAGS website content (21,000 files, 3.0 gigabytes) is now located here at tags-ship.com. This "legacy site" was designed to be seen in a PC web browser. It is not "dumbed down" for viewing on phones.
This non-commercial, non-political, informational site continues to be an important historical document and memorial of these ships, crews and for Earl Adams, who originated the site in 2007 and passed away in 2014.
The Guest Log now accepts photos in entries. More than 200 TAGS veterans and other website guests have left comments on this message board, added to the site in 2008 by Phil Brooks.
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The TAGS Ship website contains the collected contributions of dozens of persons associated with the Ocean Survey Program, carried out by the US Navy's Oceanographic Office.
Reminiscences, technical descriptions, photos and sea stories came from US Navy sailors, merchant mariners, oceanographers and tech reps associated with survey ships USNS Bowditch, USNS Dutton and USNS Michelson as well as USNS H. H. Hess, Michelson's successor.
Originally at tags-21.info, the TAGS website content (21,000 files, 3.0 gigabytes) is now located here at tags-ship.com. This "legacy site" was designed to be seen in a PC web browser. It is not "dumbed down" for viewing on phones.
The TAGS website continues to be an important historical document and memorial of these ships, crews and for website originator Earl Adams, who originated the site in 2007 and passed away in 2014.
