USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16)

USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16)

USNS "Capable" (T-AGOS-16) was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.

Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. ex-USNS "Capable" is now NOAA R/V "Okeanos Explorer". [http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:Nx3Hua5GUq0J:bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php%3FNumber%3D424339+usns+vindicator&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=17]

External links

* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/AGOS16.htm NVR]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/6616.htm NavSource]
* [http://www.omao.noaa.gov/okeanos/index.html NOAA]
* [http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/264 TED Talks Robert Ballard: Exploring the ocean's hidden worlds (video)] TED (conference) Filmed February 2008 Posted May 2008 18 minutes


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