Ship, Captain, Crew

Comprehensive crew roster TAGS ships navy and civilian crew Michelson Dutton Bowditch
Click on the image above to see the TAGS Ship crew roster.

For many years hundreds of US Navy sailors, civilian oceanographers, tech reps  and merchant mariners sailed aboard survey ships USNS Michelson, USNS Bowditch and USNS Dutton as well as USNS H. H. Hess, Michelson's replacement.

Those who believe that "sailors belong on ships and ships belong at sea" should note that these survey ships spent up to four weeks at sea followed by a few days in a (usually) foreign port.

A comprehensive crew roster of these intrepid individuals is available online, including ships and service dates.

Listed here are the captains, mates, bosuns, engineers, stewards and seamen along with the Navy officers and enlisted technicians, corpsmen, quartermasters, yeomen and  storekeepers. Senior scientists, oceanographers and field engineers can be found here too.

Some names are missing. Entries are not always complete.

Did you or someone you know serve aboard one of these ships?  Please send along additions, corrections and comments to John Hansen (Michelson '62-64) at  kanakeone@gmail.com.