MOSS POINT, Miss. (March 27, 2013) The
Military Sealift Command navigation test support ship Pre-Commissioning
Unit (PCU) Maury (T-AGS 66) is launched at VT Halter Marine in Moss
Point, Miss. Maury is named in honor of Cmdr. Matthew Fontaine Maury,
known as the "father of modern oceanography." Designed to perform
acoustic, biological, physical and geophysical surveys, Maury will
provide the U.S. military with essential information on the ocean
environment. The ship is expected to be delivered in 2014. (U.S. Navy
photo by David Stoltz)
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