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Secretary of the Navy Names Future Oceanographic Survey Ship USNS Robert Ballard
December 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release:

Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today that a future Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship will be named USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67).

The future USNS Robert Ballard will honor Dr. Robert Ballard, a retired U.S. Navy Commander, and former director of the Center for Ocean Exploration. A tenured professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate . . .

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