Michelson at Port Canaveral

April 1964

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At Port Canaveral

April 1964

Underway at Sea

November 1961

Dead in the Water

Pre-1963
Perhaps taken during a boat drill
fromn umber two lifeboat

Underway Slow Ahead

Number two lifeboat missing

SS Joliet Victory / USNS Michelson

WW II veteran VC2-S-AP3
Ex Alaska Steamship Company vessel
converted to survey ship in 1958-59

Michelson Pre-1964

Survey Control Center was starboard side aft of
the pilot house - NIC was on the 04 level
Unlike sister ships, Michelson had an OC Hoist at the stern

In Drydock at Yokosuka

c. March 1967