USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15)

USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15)

USNS "Titan" (T-AGOS-15) was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.

History

Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. "Titan" was laid down October 30 1986 at Halter Marine Inc. in Gulfport, Mississippi, launched June 18 1988 and delivered March 8 1989 to the Military Sealift Command for use as an Ocean Surveillance Ship. "Titan" was stricken from the Naval Register August 31 1993 and transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Ka'Imimoana

Ex-"Titan" was converted at Maritime Contractors, Inc Shipyard, Bellingham, Washington beginning May 1995. Commissioned by NOAA on April 25, 1996 R/V "Ka'Imimoana" (R-333), [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200401/ai_n9368333] Hawaiian for "The Ocean Seeker." [http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/kaimi/press/commiss.html] The ship is currently used to maintain the Pacific Ocean Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TAO) buoy array. She is homeported in Honolulu, Hawaii.

External links

* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/AGOS15.htm NVR]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/66/6615.htm NavSource]
* [http://www.moc.noaa.gov/ka/index.html NOAA]


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