USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS-65)
- USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS-65)
USNS "Mary Sears" (T-AGS 65) is a "Pathfinder" class oceanographic survey ship. It is the sixth and final ship of its class. "Mary Sears" is named after Commander Mary Sears of the USNR, who was instrumental in the development of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and is regarded as one of the initial oceanographers in the Navy.
The ship has sonar, underwater metal detection and satellite imagery capabilities.[ [http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/Indonesia_steps_up_search_for_missing_plane.html?siteSect=143&sid=7407710&cKey=1168168106000 Indonesia steps up search for missing plane] - Swissinfo] ][http://www.leadingthecharge.com/ViewArticle.aspx?id=41721&source=2 Crashed jetliner found in Indonesia Obtained 11 January 2007] ]In mid January 2007, the "Mary Sears" deployed to Sulawesi, Indonesia to aid in the search for the missing Adam Air Flight 574
url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/26/indonesia.plane.ap/index.html
title = Jakarta plans to retrieve recorder
last = Associated Press
first =
work = CNN.com
date = January 26 2007
accessdate = 2007-01-26] on the same frequency as those of the lost aircraft's cockpit voice recorder, located in the area where the aircraft is believed to have gone down. Additionally, the "Mary Sears" had also detected "heavy debris scattered over a wide area". [cite web
url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/25/indonesia.plane/index.html
title = U.S. picks up signal of missing jet
last = Associated Press
first =
work = CNN.com
date = January 25 2007
accessdate = 2007-01-25]
References
*NVR|http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/AGS65.htm
External links
* [http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=152&type=OceanographicSurveyShip USNS "MARY SEARS" official web site]
* [http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/citations/marysears.htm Official biography of Mary Sears at Military Sealift Command]
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