_(cropped).jpg) USNS Lynch (T-AGOR-7) tending SPAR (Seagoing Platform for Acoustic Research), June 1966, near Solomons, MD.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Lynch |
| Namesake | Captain William Francis Lynch |
| Builder | Marietta Mfg. Co., Point Pleasant, West Virginia |
| Laid down | 7 September 1962 |
| Launched | 17 March 1964 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Walter M. Windsor as proxy for Miss Withers Millard, great great granddaughter of Captain William Francis Lynch |
| Acquired | by the Navy, 23 July 1965 |
| In service | circa 1965 as USNS Lynch (T-AGOR-7) |
| Out of service | 23 December 1994 |
| Stricken | 23 December 1994 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7742126 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 29 November 2001 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship |
| Tonnage | 1,200 tons |
| Displacement | 1,370 tons |
| Length | 209' |
| Beam | 40' |
| Draft | 16' |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric, single propeller, 2,500shp, retractable azimuth-compensating bow thruster |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Complement | 23 civilian mariners, 38 scientists |
USNS Lynch (T-AGOR-7) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship that served the United States Navy from 1965 to 1994. During that period the ship was one of the ships under the technical direction of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) operating as an Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) program "pool" ship for support of Navy laboratories on each coast as well as NAVOCEANO projects. Lynch was assigned to support laboratories on the East Coast.