USS Bowditch (AG-30)
USS Bowditch underway after a refit, 6 December 1941 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | MS Santa Inez |
| Owner | Grace Line |
| Operator | Grace Line |
| Builder | Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Launched | 1929 |
| Commissioned | 12 March 1940 |
| Fate | Sold to United States Navy 4 March 1940 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Bowditch (AG-30) |
| Namesake | Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), American mathematician remembered for his work on maritime navigation |
| Operator | United States Navy |
| Acquired | 4 March 1940 |
| Commissioned | 12 March 1940 |
| Decommissioned | unknown date |
| Recommissioned | 1 July 1940 |
| Reclassified | Surveying ship (AGS-4) 1 December 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 31 January 1947 |
| Honors & awards | Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal with three battle stars |
| Fate | Transferred to United States Maritime Commission 9 June 1948 |
| General characteristics (as Grace Line vessel) | |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 5,000 gross tons |
| Length | 386 ft (117.7 m) overall |
| Beam | 53 ft (16.2 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 x 6-cylinder, 4-cycle, 3,600 hp (2,685 kW) diesel engines |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Capacity | 125 passengers |
| General characteristics (as U.S. Navy vessel) | |
| Type | Survey ship |
| Displacement | 5,405 tons |
| Length | 386 ft (117.7 m) overall |
| Beam | 53 ft (16.2 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 x 6-cylinder, 4-cycle, 3,600 hp (2,685 kW) diesel engines |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 406 |
| Armament | 4 x 3 in (76.2 mm)/50 guns |
USS Bowditch (AG-30) was a United States Navy survey ship in commission from 1940 to 1947. She saw service during World War II.
Prior to her U.S. Navy service, the ship operated as the American motor passenger ship MS Santa Inez.