SYDNEY, Australia (Nov. 8, 2022) - Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS 65) hosted Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy during the ship’s scheduled visit to Sydney, Australia, on Nov 8, 2022. Ambassador Kennedy toured USNS Mary Sears and received a Naval Oceanography overview from Commander Jonathan Savage during her time onboard. The visit was Ambassador Kennedy’s first to an oceanographic survey vessel and her first visit to a Navy ship since taking office as Ambassador to Australia in July 2022. The namesake of USNS Mary Sears was born on
SYDNEY, Australia (Nov. 8, 2022) - Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS 65) hosted Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy during the ship’s scheduled visit to Sydney, Australia, on Nov 8, 2022. Ambassador Kennedy toured USNS Mary Sears and received a Naval Oceanography overview from Commander Jonathan Savage during her time onboard. The visit was Ambassador Kennedy’s first to an oceanographic survey vessel and her first visit to a Navy ship since taking office as Ambassador to Australia in July 2022. The namesake of USNS Mary Sears was born on 18 July 1905 in Wayland, Massachusetts. During World War II, Sears left her job as a research assistant at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to join the war effort. As a Navy lieutenant in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), she was later appointed head of the Navy Hydrographic Office’s new Oceanographic Unit where her research proved critical to the survivability of submarines. Her intelligence reports, “Submarine Supplements to the Sailing Directions,” predicted thermoclines—areas of rapid water temperature change; meaning submarines could hide in thermoclines to escape enemy detection by surface sonar. The most detailed account of Cmdr. Sears' life can be found in a new book called "Lethal Tides" by author Catherine Musemeche. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command directs and oversees more than 2,500 globally-distributed military and civilian personnel who collect, process and exploit environmental information to assist Fleet and Joint Commanders in all warfare areas to make better decisions faster than the adversary.
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