LYNCH T-AGOR 7

Ship Name and Designation History

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Robert D. Conrad Class Oceanographic Research Ship Keel Laid 7 September 1962 - Launched 17 March 1964 Delivered to the Navy 23 July 1965 USNS LYNCH T-AGOR-7 Placed in service by MSC November 1965 Placed out of service 23 December 1994 Struck from the Naval Register, and transferred to MARAD 23 December 1994 Final Disposition - Scrapped 29 November 2001

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Postmarks

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Air Force Postal Service APO Postmark

1985-02-21

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USNS LYNCH earned the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Captain William Francis Lynch, USN (1 April 1801 – 17 October 1865)
    William Francis Lynch was born in Norfolk, Va., 1 April 1801. He was appointed a midshipman 26 January 1819, and first saw service in Congress and next in U.S. schooner Shark under Lt. Mathew Perry. Subsequent service included duty with Commodore Porter's "Mosquito Squadron" in the West Indies and in the Mediterranean.
     Lieutenant Lynch had his first command, the Poinsett, from 3 March to 30 December 1839. In 1947, he proceeded to the Sea of Galilee, dragging overland two copper hulled boats and sailed down the Jordan River despite both hostile Arab tribesmen and hazardous rapids. His expedition ended with the successful exploration of the Dead Sea.
     In 1849 he was commissioned commander and in 1850 was promoted to captain. In 1852, he requested permission to explore the interior of Africa for purposes of possible colonization. In his exploration in west central Africa, he caught a fever, and was forced to return to the United States.
     On 21 April 1861, he resigned from the U.S. Navy. He was initially appointed captain in the Virginia Navy and on 10 June 1861, captain in the Confederate States Navy. He commanded naval batteries at Aquia Creek, Va., during their shelling by Union gunboats in May 1861, was in charge of the defense of Roanoke Island in February 1862, and led Confederate naval forces at Vicksburg from March to October 1862. Later in command of ships in North Carolina waters, he commanded southern forces during the Union attack on Fort Fisher, N.C., in December 1864 and January 1865.
     After the defeat of the Confederacy, he was paroled 3 May 1865 in Richmond. He died in Baltimore on 17 October of the same year.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Walter M. Windsor as proxy for Miss Withers Millard, great‑great‑granddaughter of Captain Lynch.

 

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