USNS Maury (T-AGS-66)

USNS Maury (T-AGS-66) is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. It is the seventh ship in the class. Maury is named after Matthew Fontaine Maury, the first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory. Maury will be the first oceanographic survey ship built since USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS-65), was launched in 2000. At approximately 350 ft, Maury will be 24 ft longer than her other sister ships in the same class. This modification is to accommodate a 300 sqft moon pool for unmanned vehicle deployment and retrieval.

Maury's keel was laid on 1 February 2011 in a ceremony at the Halter Marine shipyard in Moss Point, Mississippi. The hull was launched on 27 March 2013 and delivery is planned for 2014.