160531-N-HN356-003 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 31, 2016) Ed Gent, Naval Oceanographic Office engineer, greets Rear Adm. Timothy Gallaudet, commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command and Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy, as Gallaudet boards USNS Maury (T-AGS 66), the Navy’s newest oceanographic survey ship. The Naval Oceanographic Office, under the operational command of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, uses the ship to collect oceanographic data for U.S. Navy operations.