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| Career (USA) |  |
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| Namesake: | Matthew Henson |
| Owner: | United States Navy |
| Operator: | Military Sealift Command |
| Awarded: | 20 October 1994 |
| Builder: | Halter Marine |
| Laid down: | 13 October 1995 |
| Launched: | 21 October 1996 |
| In service: | 20 February 1998 |
| Status: | In active service, as of 2009[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Pathfinder-class survey ship |
| Displacement: | 4,762 long tons |
| Length: | 328 ft 6 in (100.13 m) |
| Beam: | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Draft: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Speed: | 16 kn (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 28 mariners/27 sponsor personnel |
USNS Henson (T-AGS 63) is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. It is the fourth ship in the class. The Henson is named after Matthew Henson, who accompanied Robert Peary, most famously on an expedition intended to reach the Geographic North Pole in 1909. Due to his being black and his status as Peary's employee, he never reached the same fame as Peary in an America where racist views were still common; his contributions went largely unrecognized until decades later.[citation needed]
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.
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