HMNZS Tui
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USNS
Charles H Davies was laid down for US Navy by Christy
Corporation in Sturgeon Bay in June 1961, and was launched
in June the following year. She was commissioned in
January 1963, and was used as an oceanographic vessel for
seven years. In 1970 she was sold to the New Zealand navy
and renamed HMNZS Tui. She served until 1997 mainly with
acoustic work and testing. Two years later she was rigged
down and prepared as part of the artificial program. She
was scuttled outside Northern Island. 20.February 1999
about one nautical mile north of Tutukaka Heads. The
battered wreck rest today on her port side on a depth of
26 to 33 meter.
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| 35°34'56.6"S 174°32'33.4"E  Picture: HMNZS Tui Courtesy of Navy National Museum Last updated: August 2019 |
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