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Oceanographic Detachment 3, the US Navy unit aboard USNS Michelson, is pictured here on the starboard side forward of number 2 hatch in July or August 1963.
This photo was taken prior to Michelson's return to the USA for an overhaul at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a/k/a New York Naval Shipyard. The Navy personnel supported the ship's deep ocean survey mission conducted by civilian hydrographic staff from the US Naval Oceanographic Office.
Michelson was operated by a crew of civilian merchant mariners employed by the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS), now known as Military Sealift Command (MSC).
The detachment members are identified in this edition of Atlantic Voyageur, the Navy unit's newspaper.
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