USNS Michelson
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | SS Joliet Victory |
| Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | 5 May 1944 |
| Launched | 14 June 1944 |
| In service | 7 July 1944 |
| Out of service | 1 July 1948 |
| In service | 27 July 1950 |
| Out of service | 31 October 1953 |
| United States | |
| Name | USNS Michelson (T-AGS-23) |
| Namesake | Albert Abraham Michelson |
| Acquired | 8 February 1958 |
| In service | 15 December 1958 |
| Stricken | 15 April 1975 |
| Fate | Sold, 22 September 1977 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Type VC-2-AP2 Victory ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 455 ft (139 m) |
| Beam | 62 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Cross compound steam turbine, 6,000–8,500 hp (4,474–6,338 kW) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
USNS Michelson (T-AGS-23) was a Bowditch class oceanographic survey ship of the United States Navy. Launched as the SS Joliet Victory in 1944, Maritime Commission hull number MCV 114, a type VC2-S-AP3 Victory ship, she was named after Albert Abraham Michelson. The ship was reactivated from the James River Maritime Administration Reserve Fleet on 8 February 1958, delivered to the Navy Department at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 8 August 1957 and converted to an AGS by the Charleston Naval Shipyard. USNS Michelson (AGS‑23) was placed in service on 15 December 1958 under the operational control of MSTS Atlantic.