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| DATE | SECTION | PAGE | ENTRY |
| 06-02-2011 | MEMORABILIA | Henry E. Alubowicz | Added a photo and information sheets of a trip to Mt. Fuji. |
| 05-31-2011 | SYSTEMS & EQUIPMENT | NIC | Added and entry for the Navigation Information Center in the SYSTEMS & EQUIPMENT section. |
| 05-30-2011 | MEMORABILIA | Henry E. Alubowicz | Added a Dutton Information Booklet to Henry Alubowicz's MEMORABILIA page. The Booklet was also added to the Dutton Ship's Documents page. |
| 05-29-2011 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Update Crew Roster | |
| 05-28-2011 | USNS MICHELSON | Crew Portraits | Added a photo of the crew of OcUNIT 3 in 1967, courtesy of Ace Hunter (taken from the Pacific Voyager, 2Q, 1967) |
| 05-28-2011 | USNS MICHELSON | Ship's Newspapers | Added a new newspaper, Pacific Voyager 2nd Quarter, 1967, courtesy of Ace Hunter. |
| 05-26-2011 | MEMORABILIA | Henry E. Alubowicz | Created a MEMORABILIA page for Henry Alubowicz and added the "OcUNIT 2 Change of Command, 1979" Booklet. The Booklet was also added to the Dutton Ship's Documents page. |
| 05-25-2011 | USNS BOWDITCH |
USNS BOWDITCH Ship's Newspapers |
Added two issues of the Bowditch Bugle, courtesy of Bob Lord. |
| 04-25-2011 | USNS BOWDITCH | Portraits | Added a photo of USNS Bowditch, Trondheim, Norway |
| 04-25-2011 | COMMENTARIES, REMINISCENCES & SEA STORIES | Bob Lord | Added a "Cruise Brochure" for TAGS vets. |
| 04-23-2011 | COMMENTARIES, REMINISCENCES & SEA STORIES | Phil Brooks | Added a new story: My first ship, USNS Michelson |
| 04-23-2011 | PHOTOS | Bruce Gray | Added a key of the complete list of names for the group photo of the Michelson crew's trip to Mt. Fuji, courtesy of Henry Alubowicz. |
| 04-22-2011 | COMMENTARIES, REMINISCENCES & SEA STORIES | Chet Headley | Added a story from Chet Headley: Acquiring My Extreme Foul Weather Jacket and Keeping It. |
| 04-22-2011 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added a photo album of Bob Lord's visit to the SS Lane Victory |
| 04-21-2011 | PHOTOS | Peter Hellman | Added a PHOTO AND PHOTO-ESSAY GALLERY page for Peter Hellman. |
| 04-19-2011 | PHOTOS | David Royer | Added a photo of USNS Dutton, courtesy of David Royer. |
| 04-18-2011 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Update Crew Roster | |
| 04-17-2011 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Newspaper & Magazine Articles | Added Sealift Magazine, Feb 1962, courtesy of Dave Royer. |
| 04-16-2011 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Dutton, Ship's Newspapers | Added OcDet Two Familygram No.13, courtesy of Dave Royer. |
| 04-15-2011 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS H.H. Hess T-AGS-38 | Added a Ship's Movement page with data provided by Deb Zankofski. |
| 04-15-2011 | COMMENTARIES, REMINISCENCES & SEA STORIES | Deb Zankofski | Added a Sea Story from Deb Zankofski. |
| 03-06-2011 | TAGS DICTIONARY | Added an entry for Foreign Currency Exchange Rates | |
| 03-06-2011 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS H.H. Hess T-AGS-38 | Added photos to the Portraits and Crew Portraits pages. |
| 03-05-2011 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added six new photo albums of the Michelson to Bob Lord's PHOTO ALBUM page. Added additional commentary to Bob's Bowditch photo albums. |
| 03-04-2011 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS H.H. Hess T-AGS-38 | Added a section for USNS H.H. Hess T-AGS-38. This initial page has minimal content and will be added to as time permits. |
| 03-02-2011 | SYSTEMS & EQUIPMENT | Bendix G-15D Computer | Added photos of the Bendix G-15 computer. |
| 03-02-2011 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Added links to photos on the crew roster. Links will be added as time permits. | |
| 03-02-2011 | PHOTOS | Leonard Wall | Added a PHOTO AND PHOTO ESSAY GALLERIES page for Leonard Wall. |
| 03-01-2011 | PHOTOS | Elton "Ray" Fleming | Added a PHOTO AND PHOTO ESSAY GALLERIES page for Elton R. "Ray" Fleming. The photos are via Chet Headley. |
| 02/26/2011 | PHOTOS | Jim "Burd" Harris | Added a PHOTO AND PHOTO ESSAY GALLERIES page for Jim "Burd" Harris. Added three photo albums and one individual photo. |
| 02-20-2011 | MEMORABILIA | Matthew Ekdahl | Added a Bowditch Plaque to Matthew Ekdahl's MEMORABILIA page. |
| 10-08-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | GENERAL INFORMATION | Added simplified plans of a Victory VC2-S-AP3 to the SHIPS AND UNITS section. |
| 10-07-2010 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added three new albums to Bob Lord's PHOTO ALBUM page: Ship's Spaces, Gym and Driver's School. |
| 10-04-2010 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added a new album to Bob Lord's PHOTO ALBUM page: Shooting Skeet |
| 09-29-2010 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added a new album to Bob Lord's PHOTO ALBUM page: Bowditch Crew at Stonehenge |
| 09-28-2010 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added a new album to Bob Lord's PHOTO ALBUM page: Bowditch Crew in Southern Spain. |
| 09-27-2010 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added two new albums to Bob Lord's PHOTO ALBUM page: Bowditch Crew, Southampton to Paris and Bowditch Crew in Southampton. |
| 09-26-2020 | PHOTOS | Phil Brooks | Added an album of photos from Phil's visit to the SS Red Oak Victory museum site in Richmond, CA. |
| 09-25-2010 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added a new album to Bob Lord's PHOTO ALBUM page: Bowditch Crew Aboard Ship. |
| 09-25-2010 | PHOTOS | Randall T. Craig | Added a PHOTO ALBUM page and a photo album for Randy Craig. |
| 09-24-2010 | LINKS | Updated LINKS page to add Bennett Scharf's Blog. | |
| 09-24-2010 | PHOTOS | Bennett Scharf | Added additional photos plus a mini bio to Bennett Scharf's Photo page. |
| 09-23-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Phil Brooks | Added WPN-3 Loran-C Modification Proposal to Phil Brooks MEMORABILIA page. |
| 09-22-2010 | PHOTOS | Bruce Gray | Added two photos to Bruce Gray's Photo Album. |
| 09-22-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Updated Joe Nachazel's entry in the Crew Roster | |
| 09-22-2010 | LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS | Added Richard "Joe" Nachazel contribution listing. | |
| 09-22-2010 | PHOTOS | Richard "Joe" Nachazel | Added a Photo Album page and one photo for Joe Nachazel. |
| 09-21-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS MICHELSON | Add Michelson newspaper The Islander Issue No.3, courtesy of Bob Lord. |
| 07-28-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS MICHELSON | Add Michelson newspaper The Islander Issue No.1, courtesy of Bob Lord. |
| 07-27-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Update Crew Roster | |
| 07-25-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS BOWDITCH | Added Bowditch Crews Cruz Book, Jun, 1972, courtesy of Bob Lord. |
| 07-24-2010 | TAGS DICTIONARY | Ranks, Rates and Ratings | Completed the descriptions in the Ranks and Ratings entry of the TAGS Dictionary. |
| 07-24-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Earl Adams | Added my travel orders to USNS Mizar during the Scorpion SubSearch mission. |
| 07-24-2010 | LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS | Added a new section LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. As time permits, the contributions of each will be listed and hyperlinked in the Main frame. | |
| 07-23-2010 | HOME PAGE | Added USNS H. H. Hess T-AGS-38 to the TAGS site. | |
| 07-23-2010 | PHOTOS | Bennett Scharf | Added a PHOTO page for Bennett Scharf, who served aboard USNS H. H. Hess T-AGS-38. |
| 07-22-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS BOWDITCH | Added Bowditch Crews Cruz Book, July, 1972, courtesy of Bob Lord. |
| 07-22-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Phil Brooks | Added a "Letter of Appreciation" from the CO of OcUNIT 3, courtesy of Phil Brooks. |
| 07-21-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Phil Brooks | Added "Royal Order of Atlantic Voyageurs" certificate, courtesy of Phil Brooks. |
| 07-21-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS BOWDITCH | Added Bowditch ship's Cruise Book "As the Screw Turns" for August 1972, courtesy of Bob Lord. |
| 07-21-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Update Crew Roster | |
| 07-21-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS BOWDITCH | Updated Ship's Movement page based on info submitted by Al Hodgdon. |
| 07-20-2010 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added a photo album of the engine room of USNS Bowditch. |
| 06-07-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Steve Carlton | A new Memorabilia page has been created for Steve Carlton, who has sent a SASS data tape label from USNS Michelson. |
| 06-06-2010 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added photo album of inport in Southhampton, England. |
| 05-06-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Update Crew Roster | |
| 02-13-2020 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS |
USNS DUTTON Ship's Documents |
Added a Postal Cancel to the Dutton Ship's Documents Page, courtesy of Earl Adams. |
| 02-09-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Bob Lord | Added an album of the Cruise Book pasteup pages to the Cruise Book notebook entry. |
| 02-08-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Bob Lord | Added photo of notebook containing original pasteups of Bowditch Cruise Book pages. All 100 pasteup pages will be added to the Memorabilia page as I have time. |
| 02-08-2010 | COMMENTARIES, REMINISCENCES & SEA STORIES | Bob Lord | Added a commentary by Bob Lord on the production of ship's newspapers aboard the TAGS. |
| 02-06-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS BOWDITCH | Updated Ship's Movement page. |
| 02-06-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS |
USNS BOWDITCH Crew Portraits |
Added photo the crew of Oceanographic Unit One, 19 February, 1972, courtesy of Bob Lord. |
| 02-06-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS |
USNS BOWDITCH Portraits |
Added photo of Bowditch docked in La Coruna, Spain, May 1972, courtesy of Bob Lord. |
| 02-05-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Update Crew Roster | |
| 02-03-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Ron Warmuth | Added a MEMORABILIA page for Ron Warmuth, and added CO's letter "Season's Greetings", Dec 1978. |
| 02-03-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS |
USNS BOWDITCH Ship's Newspapers |
Added pages from four Bowditch Spitoons, courtesy of Ron Warmuth. |
| 02-03-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS BOWDITCH | Updated Ship's Movement page based on ship's newspapers submitted by Ron Warmuth. |
| 02-02-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS MICHELSON | Updated Ship's Movement page based on entries in Bob Lord's Journal |
| 02-02-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS BOWDITCH | Updated Ship's Movement page based on entries in Bob Lord's Journal |
| 02-02-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added album "Staterooms" to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO GALLERIES page. |
| 02-02-2010 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Added photo of the SASS Cp-677 front panel mod. |
| 02-02-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Bob Lord | Added Bob Lord's Oct 1972 Bunker-Ramo cruise report. |
| 02-01-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Bob Lord | Added pages from Bob Lord's 1972 Journal (includes ship's movement dates for Bowditch and Michelson), jacket patches and Pat McMillen's business card. |
| 02-01-2010 | PHOTOS | Bob Lord | Created a PHOTO AND PHOTO-ESSAYS GALLERIES page for Bob Lord |
| 01-31-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added album "OcUNIT living and rec spaces" to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO GALLERIES page. |
| 01-31-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Bob Lord | Added a memorabilia page for Bob Lord, complete with squashed styrofoam cup. |
| 01-30-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Reorganized MEMORABILIA to a uniform format. | |
| 01-30-2010 | SYSTEMS & EQUIPMENT | CP677 | Added a May 1964 Bunker-Ramo product brochure to the CP677 entry. |
| 01-30-2010 | PHOTOS | Reorganized PHOTO AND PHOTO-ESSAY GALLERIES to a uniform format. | |
| 01-28-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added album "Navigation Information Center" to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO GALLERIES page. |
| 01-27-2010 | SYSTEMS & EQUIPMENT | Reorganized and expanded the SYSTEMS & EQUIPMENT section | |
| 01-21-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added album "Dutton at Sea" to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO GALLERIES page. |
| 01-20-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added albums "Meeting USNS Dutton" and "St Johns, Newfoundland" to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO GALLERIES page. |
| 01-19-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added albums "Horseshoes on deck", Trap Shooting" and "Heavy Seas" to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO GALLERIES page. |
| 01-18-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Roger Gilfert | New items have been added to Roger Gilfert's MEMORABILIA page. |
| 01-18-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added another album, "Southampton, England", to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO GALLERIES page. |
| 01-17-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added another album, "Red Hook, NY", to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO GALLERIES page. |
| 01-16-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added a fourth album, "Ponta Delgada, Azores", to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO GALLERIES page. |
| 01-12-2010 | LINKS | Updated the LINKS page. | |
| 01-12-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Michelson | The Michelson home page has been reorganized to reduce the size of the page, and now includes a menu in the left frame. |
| 01-12-2010 | HOME | HOME | Added a GOOGLE search box to the left menu frame. Leave the check box checked to search only the TAGS site. |
| 01-12-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Dutton | The Dutton home page has been reorganized to reduce the size of the page, and now includes a menu in the left frame. |
| 01-11-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Bowditch | The Bowditch home page has been reorganized to reduce the size of the page, and now includes a menu in the left frame. |
| 01-11-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Bowditch | A second newspaper article about the Great Cargo Hold Fire has been added to the Bowditch Significant Events page, courtesy of Roger Gilfert. |
| 01-09-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added a third album, "Palma and Mallorca, Spain", to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO Galleries page. |
| 01-08-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added two albums to Roger Gilfert's PHOTO Galleries page. |
| 01-08-2010 | PHOTOS | Ron Warmuth | Added new photographs submitted by Ron Warmuth |
| 01-04-2010 | PHOTOS | Roger Gilfert | Added two videos of USNS Bowditch at sea, courtesy of Roger Gilfert. One shows USNS Dutton as she passes Bowditch in the N. Atlantic! |
| 01-03-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Bowditch | An account of the Great Cargo Hold Fire has been added to the Bowditch Significant Events page, courtesy of Roger Gilfert. |
| 01-03-2010 | MEMORABILIA | Roger Gilfert | A Memorabilia page was created for Roger Gilfert. |
| 01-02-2010 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Dutton | Added 4 Dutton Familygrams and Newsletters, submitted by Paul Rokoff: Dutton Newsletters, 1972 |
| 12-21-2009 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Update Crew Roster | |
| 12-19-2009 | PHOTOS | Doug Wilson | Added a PHOTO-ESSAY Gallery for Doug Wilson. |
| 12-19-2009 | MEMORABILIA | Chet Headley | Added photo of the Brownie camera used by Chet for TAGS photos ca. 1963-1965. |
| 12-19-2009 | PHOTOS | Jeff Lawrence | Chet Headley has identified three more crewman in Jeff's photos. |
| 12-19-2009 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Michelson | Update to Ship's Movement section, courtesy of Chet Headley. |
| 07-31-2009 | PHOTOS | Bruce M. Gray | A Photos page was created for Bruce M. Gray. |
| 07-31-2009 | MEMORABILIA | Bruce M. Gray | A Memorabilia page was created for Bruce M. Gray, and the OcUnit 2 shoulder patch added. |
| 07-30-2009 | HOME | HOME | The OcUnit 2 shoulder patch has been added above the OcUnit 2 patch on the home page. Contributed by Bruce Gray. |
| 07-12-2009 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | Update Crew Roster | |
| 07-11-2009 | COMMENTARIES | R.L. Seiden | Added an article from the 1 Dec, 1961 New York Times announcing the arrival of the three TAGS at Caven Point, NJ. Contributed by Dick Seiden. |
| 07-11-2009 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Dutton | Added two ship's newspapers contributed by Bruce Gray: "Man Overbored". |
| 06-27-2009 | COMMENTARIES |
Phill Brooks R.L. Seiden |
Added a Sea Story from Phil and R.L. Seiden's commentary on his time on the TAGS. |
| 06-26-2009 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS |
USNS Bowditch USNS Dutton USNS Michelson |
Additional data added to the Ship's Movement sections of the three units, data from R.L. Seiden and Chris Smoot. |
| 06-25-2009 | PHOTOS | Phil Brooks | Added three VIDEOS of USNS Michelson! |
| 06-25-2009 | TAGS DICTIONARY | Added an entry for "Inport" and started an entry for "Ranks, Rates and Ratings of United States Navy crew on the TAGS". | |
| 06-25-2009 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Dutton | Additional entries to the Ship's Movement Table, courtesy of Ron Walker. |
| 06-24-2009 | MEMORABILIA | Paul Rokoff | Added transcription of July, 1972 Change of Command Ceremony program booklet. |
| 06-24-2009 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS |
USNS Bowditch USNS Dutton USNS Michelson |
Added International Radio Call Sign and Signal Flag Hoist for each unit |
| 06-24-2009 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Michelson | Added a portrait and brief bio of Albert Michelson. |
| 06-23-2009 | MEMORABILIA | Paul Rokoff | Added July, 1972 Change of Command Ceremony program booklet. |
| 06-23-2009 | Slowbell | Updated URL to Slowbell's web site. Carl has great Sea Stories, and has written some fine COMMENTARIES for the TAGS site. I've added links to more of these Sea Stories on Carl's COMMENTARIES page. | |
| 06-21-2009 | MEMORABILIA THE SHIPS AND UNITS |
Ron Walker USNS Dutton |
Added "Dutton General Information" letter to Ron's Memorabilia page and to the SHIP'S DOCUMENTS subsection of the USNS Dutton page. |
| 05-28-2009 | The display problem with Microsoft IE8 has been fixed. Please contact the TAGS Admin at earl@tags-21.info if you discover any content which does not display properly in your browser. | ||
| 05-28-2009 | MEMORABILIA | Ron Walker | Added a new Memorabilia page for Ron Walker, containing Ron's Top of the World (Blue Nose) Certificate. |
| 05-27-2009 | PHOTOS | Jeff Lawrence | Chet Headley has added names and commentary to the "Aboard Michelson at Sea - color slides" album. |
| 05-26-2009 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Michelson | John Hansen has identified most of the crewman in the crew portrait of OcDet3 1963. |
| 05-25-2009 | PHOTOS | Pat Yanahan | John Hansen has identified many of the crewman in Pat's photos. |
| 05-25-2009 | PHOTOS | REUNIONS | A "REUNIONS" page has been added to the PHOTO AND PHOTO-ESSAY GALLERIES: section. Photos added of Chet Headley and Dave Gross, and Paul Rokoff and Phil Brooks. |
| 05-24-2009 | The newest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Version 8, does not properly display certain pages of the TAGS site. So far we have found the Michelson page to be most effected. Until the TAGS Admin figures out how to fix this, we recommend you use Explorer Version 7 or permanently switch to the Mozilla Firefox web browser (it's free). Thanks to Phil Brooks and Chet Headley for reporting this. | ||
| 03-22-2009 | MEMORABILIA | Paul Rokoff | Added Dutton Postal Cancel. |
| 03-21-2009 | PHOTOS | Pat Yanahan | Added a new photo album for Patrick Yanahan. |
| 03-21-2009 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Michelson | Added crew portrait of OcDet3, 1963. Courtesy of Patrick Yanahan. |
| 03-21-2009 | MEMORABILIA | Art Dayson | Added OcUnit One memos. |
| 03-20-2009 | LINKS | USS Compass Island AG-153 | Added link to a new Website for the USS Compass Island AG-153 |
| 01-13-2009 | PHOTOS | Jeff Lawrence | Added contemporary photos. |
| 01-12-2009 | PHOTOS | Jeff Lawrence | Added a new photo album from Jeff Lawrence. |
| 01-11-2009 | PHOTOS | Andy Floyd | Added a photo from Andy Floyd. |
| 11-10-2008 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Bowditch | Additional IDs for the crew portrait: "The crew of Oceanographic Unit One, ca. 1969", courtesy of Peter Hellman |
| 11-2-2008 | SYSTEMS / COMMENTARIES |
SASS / Eugene Weisberger |
Invention of SASS " |
| 11-1-2008 | MEMORABILIA | Jack Keenan | Completed restoration of NAVDAC MARK I Tech Manual VOLUME I of II |
| 10-30-2008 | PHOTOS | Cliff Wolff | Added new Cliff Wolff photo album page |
| 10-30-2008 | MEMORABILIA | Cliff Wolff | Added new item: Desk name plate |
| 10-29-2008 | HOME | Added NEWS & UPDATES page (this page), suggested by Paul Rokoff | |
| 10-28-2008 | Update Crew Roster | ||
| 10-28-2008 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Michelson | Update Ship's Movement table |
| 10-28-2008 | MEMORABILIA | Paul Rokoff | Added OcUNIT 2 Coffee Cup |
| 10-27-2008 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Michelson | Added Oceanographic Unit Three crew roster, May, 1969 |
| 10-27-2008 | THE SHIPS AND UNITS | USNS Michelson | Added Newspaper: The Voyager, May 1969 |
| 10-26-2008 | COMMENTARIES, REMINISCENCES | David Royer | Added new reminiscences |