MARY SEARS T-AGS 65

Ship Name and Designation History

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Pathfinder Class Oceanographic Survey Ship Keel Laid 28 July 1999 - Launched 19 October 2000 USNS MARY SEARS T-AGS-65 Placed In service 17 December 2001

Commander Mary Sears, USNR

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Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Ships Marking

2021-04-17

Ships marking on a stuffer card. From the Foster E. Miller, III collection.

 

USPS Ink-Jet Sprayed Marking Seattle WA

2021-04-17

Cover returning the stuffer card. From the Foster E. Miller, III collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commander Mary Sears, USNR (18 July 1905 – 2 September 1997)
Sears was a Commander in the United States Naval Reserve and a leading oceanographer. Throughout her career, she was associated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
As a World War II veteran, Sears organized and headed the new Oceanographic Unit of the Navy Hydrographic Office, working with Roger Revelle and others until June 1946. By 1944, the Joint Chiefs of Staff expanded Sear's responsibility to include management of over 400 personnel, 100 more than typical for a naval destroyer. Her unit was charged with aiding the Navy in strategic maneuvers through providing analysis of tides, surf heights, and other oceanic metrics to give the Navy a strategic advantage.
Commander Sears is authorized to wear the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Naval Reserve Medal and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.

The ships sponsor is Leila Sears, Mary Sear's sister.

 

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