Stalwart class ocean surveillance ship

USNS Stalwart
Class overview
Builders:	(1-12) Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington (13-18) VT Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
Operators:	United States Portugal New Zealand
Succeeded by:	T-AGOS) were a class of United States Naval Ship (USNS) auxiliary support Ocean Surveillance Ships commissioned between April 1984 and January 1990. Their original purpose was to collect underwater acoustical information using the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS), a towed array passive sonar. USNS Stalwart (T-AGOS 1), USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS 7) and USNS Capable (T-AGOS 16) were modified to support narcotics interdiction by removing SURTASS equipment and adding an air-search radar and tactical data link equipment.[1] Units Ship Name Hull No. Delivery- Stricken Fate Link Stalwart 1 1984–2002 State University of New York Maritime College NVR NavSource Contender 2 1984–1992 T/V Kings Pointer, flagship and training vessel of the United States Merchant Marine Academy NVR NavSource USMMA Vindicator 3 1984–1993 NOAA Hi'Ialakai (R-334) NVR NavSource NOAA Triumph 4 1985–1995 Stricken, to be disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise NVR NavSource Assurance 5 1985–1995 Transferred to Portugal as ALM Gago Coutinho (A-523) NVR NavSource Persistent 6 1985–1995 T/S State of Michigan, Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Traverse City, Michigan NVR NavSource NMC Indomitable 7 1985–2002 NOAA McArthur II (R-330) NVR NavSource NOAA Prevail 8 1986- Reclassified as Unclassified miscellaneous vessel Prevail (IX-537) NVR NVR NavSource Assertive 9 1986–2004 Transferred to NOAA to be converted FY 2007 and to replace NOAA David Starr Jordan. Damaged during a fire at NOAA's pier in Seattle Washington July of 2006, transferred to Seattle Maritime Academy. (R 444) in FY 2008 NVR NavSource Invincible 10 1987- Converted to T-AGM 24, Missile Range Instrumentation Ship NVR NavSource MSC Audacious 11 1989–1997 Transferred to Portugal as ALM Dom Carlos I (A-522) NVR NavSource Bold 12 1989–2004 EPA Bold (OSV-224) NVR NavSource EPA Adventurous 13 1988–1992 NOAA Oscar Elton Sette (R-335) NVR NavSource NOAA Worthy 14 1988–1993 Transferred to USGS, then to the US Army. Converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship at Kwajalein Atoll's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site NVR NavSource KMRSS Titan 15 1989–1993 NOAA Ka'Imimoana (R-333) NVR NavSource NOAA Capable 16 1989–2004 NOAA Okeanos Explorer (R-337) NVR NavSource NOAA Tenacious 17 1987–1997 Transferred to New Zealand as HMNZS Resolution (A-14) NVR NavSource Relentless 18 1990–1993 NOAA Gordon Gunter (R-336) NVR NavSource NOAA References ^ The US Navy External links T-AGOS 1 Stalwart Ocean Surveillance Ship Military of the United States portal Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая? Michael Franzini Architype Bayer Look at other dictionaries: Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System — The AN/UQQ 2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) is a towed array sonar system of the United States Navy.SURTASS systems developed in the 1980s were deployed on Stalwart class ocean surveillance ships and were passive, receive only… …   Wikipedia List of auxiliary ship classes in service — The list of auxiliary ship classes in service includes all auxiliary ships in naval service in the world. For combatant ships, see the list of naval ship classes in service. Command and support ships * Zuiderkruis class JSS ** Builder: NLD **… …   Wikipedia USNS Stalwart (T-AGOS-1) — was a Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship and the lead ship of the T AGOS vessels. Stalwart was laid down on 3 November 1982 by the Tacoma Boat Building Company and launched on 11 July 1983 and placed into service on 12… …   Wikipedia USS Stalwart — may refer to:*, an Acme Class Coastal Minesweeper later redesignated Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (IX 231); commissioned from 1942–1946. [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s17/stalwart i.htm] *, an Aggressive class minesweeper, AM 493,… …   Wikipedia USNS Bold (T-AGOS-12) — OSV Bold docked in Port Canaveral, Florida Career (USA) …   Wikipedia USNS Relentless (T-AGOS-18) — NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter ex Relentless Career (USA) …   Wikipedia USNS Audacious (T-AGOS-11) — Career (USA) Name: USNS Audacious (T AGOS 11) Awarded …   Wikipedia NOAAS Ka'imimoana (R 333) — sometime between 1996 and 2009 Career (United States) …   Wikipedia NOAAS McArthur II (R 330) — For other ships of the same name, see NOAAS McArthur. NOAAS McArthur II (R 330) sometime between 2003 and 2009 Career (United States) …   Wikipedia NOAAS Okeanos Explorer (R 337) — Okeanos Explorer at sea with satellite dome over its bridge Career (United States) …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”