USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-62)

USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-62)

USNS "Bowditch" (T-AGS 62) is a "Pathfinder" class oceanographic survey ship. She is the third ship in the class. The USNS "Bowditch" is a part of a 29 ship Special Mission Ship program and operates in the South China Sea. She is named after Nathaniel Bowditch, generally regarded as the founding father of modern navigation and oceanography.


References

*NVR|http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/AGS62.htm

External links

* [http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=17&type=OceanographicSurveyShip USNS "Bowditch" official web site]
* [http://www.msc.navy.mil/annualreport/2005/pm2.htm Navy Special Missions Review]


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