USNS Contender (T-AGOS-2)
- USNS Contender (T-AGOS-2)
USNS "Contender" (T-AGOS-2) 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. ex-"Contender" is now T/V "Kings Pointer" the flagship and training vessel of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. [http://www.sailbaltimore.org/05ships.htm]
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External links
* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/AGOS2.htm NVR]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/66/6602.htm NavSource]
* [http://www.usmma.edu/waterfront/kingspointer/ USMMA]
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