USNS Bruce C. Heezen

USNS Bruce C. Heezen
History
United States
Namesake	Bruce C. Heezen
Owner	United States Navy
Operator	Military Sealift Command
Awarded	13 January 1997
Builder	Halter Marine
Laid down	19 August 1997
Launched	25 March 1999
In service	13 January 2000
Identification	IMO number: 9117272 MMSI number: 338934000 Callsign: NBID
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Pathfinder-class survey ship
Displacement	5,000 long tons
Length	329 ft (100 m)
Beam	58 ft (18 m)
Draft	19 ft (5.8 m)
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h)
Complement	26 mariners/27 sponsor personnel

USNS Bruce C. Heezen (T-AGS 64) is a Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship. It is the fifth ship in the class.

Naming

She is named after Bruce C. Heezen, who was the leader of the team from Columbia University that discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the 1950s. The ship was the first Navy vessel to be named by civilians. Nine students from Oaklawn Elementary School in Cranston, RI named the ship after winning a contest sponsored by the Navy. Amanda Baillargeon, James Coogan, Meagan Durigan, Stephen Fish, Patricia Gumbley, John Lucier, Sara Piccirilli, Dana Scott, and Rebecca Webber were led by their teacher Marilyn Remick.

References

•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• USNS Heezen official web site