USNS Mizar (T-AGOR-11)

The USNS Mizar ( T-AK-272/T-AGOR-11 ) was a ship of the United States Navy. The name is derived from star Mizar.

History

The ship was built in 1957 at Avondale Marine Ways as a cargo ship for icy areas. The Mizar was put into service in March 1958, and sailed under the Military Sea Transportation Service command, mostly in the waters of Canada and Greenland. Only in 1961 the ship sailed on a voyage to Antarctica.

In 1963, the Mizar was rebuilt, and in 1964 as a T- AGOR -11 returned to service. The ship was now under the Naval Research Laboratory and was a deep-sea research vessel. Among other things, the Mizar had a deep sea probe with lights, camera, magnetometer and sonar. In 1975, the ship of the Military Sealift Command was assumed and 1980 further modified. In the 90 years the ship was withdrawn from active service and reclassified as AK -272. The ship was placed under the Reserve Fleet and 2005 the order was given to abandon the ship.

Tasks

The Mizar helped in the search for the two lost nuclear submarines of the Navy, the USS Thresher (SSN -593 ) in 1963 and the USS Scorpion (SSN -589 ) in 1968. Similarly, the Mizar was looking for Soviet submarines, such as the K- 129th

• Auxiliary ship (United States)
• Research vessel ( United States)
• Motor ship