USNS Wyman (T-AGS-34) [SEP] manufacturer
USNS Wyman (T-AGS-34)
USNS "Wyman" (T-AGS-34) was an oceanographic survey vessel laid down on 18 July 1968 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company of Bay City, Michigan. Launched on 30 October 1969, sponsored by Mrs. Francis J. Blouin, wife of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Vice Admiral F. J. Blouin; she was accepted by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) on 19 November 1971 at the Boston Naval Shipyard. J. H. Blythe was the ship's first civil service master.
almost identical with slightly different modernized internal configuration reflecting their being laid down (July 1968) three years after "Bent's" delivery to the Navy 23 July 1965 (See photos at references). The two AGS-33 ships are USNS "Wilkes" (T-AGS-33) and USNS "Wyman" (T-AGS-34)
USNS "Wilkes" (AGS-33) and USNS "Wyman" (AGS-34) were laid down on the same day, 18 July 1968, at the same shipyard, Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay