USNS Lynch (T-AGOR-7) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship that served the United States Navy from 1965 to 1994.

Lynch, an oceanographic research ship and the second naval vessel with the name, was laid down 7 September 1962 by Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, West Virginia; launched 17 March 1964; sponsored by Mrs. Walter M. Windsor as proxy for Miss Withers Millard, great great granddaughter of Captain William Francis Lynch.

[1] The ship during the first seven and a half months of operation completed nine cruises with 122 days at sea supporting two East Coast Navy laboratories as well as NAVOCEANO missions.

[1][6] Lynch was equipped to tow SPAR to position and monitor conditions in the platform as well as record data by personnel from the Naval Ordnance Laboratory.

[7][note 2] Lynch entered the Maritime Administration James River Reserve Fleet on 21 October 1991 and withdrawn for scrapping 30 August 2001 with final disposition on 29 November.