USNS H. H. HESS: SHIP'S MOVEMENT
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May 30, 1964 SS Canada Mail, a C4_S-1sa class break-bulk cargo vessel, is launched. National Steel, San Diego Shipspotting.com
           
1965-74 x Operated by American Mail Lines between US Pacific Northwest and East Asia ports. Cargo/passenger ship Navy.memorieshop, Navsource
           
March 3, 1977 Acquired by US Navy for Military Sealift Cammand (MSC). Navsource
1978 x In service with MSC. Renamed USNS H. H. Hess T-AGS-38. OSP Survey Ship Replaciced USNS Michelson Navsource
June 1978 x North Pacific Ocean First survey conducted NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
           
March 1981 x Oakland Inport BoWatch February 1982
1981 x Panama Transit Pacific to Atlantic Six month Atlantic deployment BoWatch February 1982
May 8, 1981 Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico Inport  Bill Truslow
May 11, 1981 Atlantic Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
June 10, 1981 Port Canaveral Inport Bill Truslow
June 17, 1981 Atlantic Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
July 15, 1981 Port Canaveral Inport Bill Truslow
July 22, 1981 Atlantic Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
August 19, 1981 Port Canaveral Inport Bill Truslow
September 26, 1981 Atlantic Ocean, Panama Canal Survey and Canal Transit Bill Truslow
October 23, 1981 Balboa, Panama Inport Bill Truslow
November 1, 1981 Pacific Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
November 26, 1981 San Diego Inport Bill Truslow
November 29, 1981 Pacific Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
December 23, 1981 Oakland Inport Bill Truslow
January 5, 1982 Pacific Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
           
February 6, 1982 x Portland Yards Dillingham Shipyard NAVOCEANO Bulletin December/January 1983, Bill Truslow
April 1, 1982 At sea Transit to Oakland Bill Truslow
April 2, 1982 Oakland Inport Bill Truslow
April 9, 1982 Pacific Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
May 7, 1982 Honolulu Inport Bill Truslow
May 14, 1982 Pacific Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
June 11, 1982 Portland In drydock; replace sonar dome Bill Truslow
June 18, 1982 Pacific Ocean Survey in Aleutians Bill Truslow
July 15, 1982 Yokosuka Inport Bill Truslow
July 21, 1982 Pacific Ocean Survey in Aleutians Bill Truslow
August 21, 1982 Yokosuka Inport Bill Truslow
August 29, 1982 Pacific Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
October 1, 1982 Honolulu Inport (6 days) NAVOCEANO Bulletin December/January 1983, Bill Truslow
           
December 23, 1983 Honolulu Inport Bill Truslow
January 5, 1984 x Pacific Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
January 31, 1984 x Guam Inport Bill Truslow
February 7, 1984 x Pacific Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
March 6, 1984 x Guam Inport Bill Truslow
March 13, 1984 x Pacific Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
April 10, 1984 x Guam Inport Bill Truslow
April 17, 1984 x Pacific Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
           
August 1984 x Panama Canal Transit to Atlantic NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
1984-86 x Liverpool Inport NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
x Southampton Inport NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
x Lisbon Inport NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
x Rota Inport NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
x Las Palmas, Canary Islands Inport NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
x Dakar Inport NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
November 21, 1986 Rio de Janeiro Inport Bill Truslow
November 28, 1986 Atlantic Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
December 23, 1986 Rio de Janeiro Inport With Bowditch & Dutton Bill Truslow
January 5, 1987 Atlantic Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
1987 x Roosevelt Roads Inport NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
x Curacao Inport NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
x New Orleans Inport NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
x Port Canaveral Inport NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
Late 1987 x Atlantic to Pacific via Indian Ocean Transit  15,900 miles NAVOCEANO Bulletin July 1987
           
October/November 1988 Rio de Janeiro Inport Bill Truslow
November 5, 1988 Atlantic Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
December 2, 1988 Salvador, Brazil Drydock; replace sonar dome Bill Truslow
December 13, 1988 Atlantic Ocean Survey Bill Truslow
January 18, 1989 Rio de Janeiro Inport Bill Truslow
           
1990-91 x Honolulu Inport Deb Zankofski
x San Diego Inport Deb Zankofski
x Panama Canal Inport Deb Zankofski
x Roosevelt Roads, PR Inport Deb Zankofski
x Rota, Spain Inport Deb Zankofski
x Southhampton Inport Deb Zankofski
x Holy Loch Inport Deb Zankofski
x Halifax Inport Deb Zankofski
x Norfolk Inport Deb Zankofski
           
January 16, 1992 Taken out of service Port Canaveral Navsource
February 21, 1992 Transferred to MARAD lor layup  Benecia, CA Navsource
December 29, 2010 Sold for $452,000 to Esco Marine, of Brownsville, Texas, USA, for dismantling. Shipspotting.com
September 1, 2011 Scrapping completed Navsource