| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USNS Shearwater |
| Namesake: | Shearwater, a long winged seabird |
| Builder: | Hickinbotham Brothers Construction Division at Stockton, California |
| Laid down: | October 1944,[1] as USAT FS-411 for the U.S. Army |
| Completed: | in April 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 25 October 1944 as USAT FS-411 |
| In service: | May 1964 as Survey Support Ship, USNS Shearwater (T-AG-177) |
| Out of service: | February 1969 |
| Struck: | circa 1969 |
| Fate: | transferred to the U.S. Army; fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Design 381 coastal freighter |
| Tonnage: | 381 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 935 tons |
| Length: | 165 ft |
| Beam: | 32 ft |
| Draft: | 14 ft 3 in |
| Propulsion: | two 500 hp GM-Cleveland 6-298A diesel engines, twin screws |
| Speed: | not known |
| Complement: | 26 personnel |
USNS Shearwater (T-AG-177) was a Shearwater-class miscellaneous auxiliary built during the final months of World War II for the US Army as FS-411 (Design 381 coastal freighter). FS-411 was Coast Guard manned operating in the Central and Western Pacific, including Hawaii, Saipan, TInian, Guam, during the closing days of the war.[2]
She was placed into service by the U.S. Navy from 1964 to 1969 as USNS Shearwater (T-AG-177). After this service, she was transferred back to the U.S. Army.
Shearwater began her naval service as a survey support ship with the Military Sea Transportation Service in May 1964. Operated by a Civil Service crew, she operated in the Atlantic Ocean until mid-February 1969, when she was transferred back to the U.S. Army.
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