RV Thomas G. Thompson (T-AGOR-23)

RV Thomas G. Thompson (T-AGOR-23)

R/V "Thomas G. Thompson" (T-AGOR-23) is a research vessel owned by the United States Navy and operated under a Charter Party Agreement by the University of Washington. Constructed by Halter Marine, it was delivered to the Office of Naval Research July 8, 1991. [http://www.ocean.washington.edu/2004/services/vessels/tgt/ops_manual/intro.html Introduction] , Operations Manual, R/V "Thomas G. Thompson", created April 1997, last updated 10 April 2006. Accessed online 30 April 2008.]

Ship design

The "Thomas G. Thompson" and three other research ships were all built to the same basic design. The three sister ships are "NOAAS Ronald H. Brown" (NOAA), "R/V Roger Revelle" (Scripps) and "R/V Atlantis" (Woods Hole).

Operational history

No history recorded as yet.

Notes

Secondary reference

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/57/5723.htm NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - T-AGOR-23 Thomas G. Thompson]

External links

* [http://www.ocean.washington.edu/2004/services/vessels/tgt/tgt.html Thomas G. Thompson's Homepage]


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