Stalwart, Indomitable, and Capable were modified to support narcotics interdiction by removing SURTASS equipment and adding an air-search radar and tactical data link equipment.[1]
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 2006, transferred to Seattle Maritime Academy. (R 444) in FY 2008
stalwart, class, ocean, surveillance, ship, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Stalwart class ocean surveillance ship news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Stalwart class auxiliary general ocean surveillance ships T AGOS are a class of United States Naval Ship USNS auxiliary support Ocean Surveillance Ships commissioned between April 1984 and October 2000 Their original purpose was to collect underwater acoustical information using the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System SURTASS a towed array passive sonar Stalwart class USNS StalwartClass overviewBuilders1 12 Tacoma Boatbuilding Company Tacoma Washington 13 18 VT Halter Marine Inc Moss Point MississippiOperators United States Portugal New ZealandPreceded byNoneSucceeded byVictorious classIn serviceApril 12 1984Completed23Active5 not stricken by Naval Vessel RegisterGeneral characteristicsDisplacement1 565 t lt 2 535 t fl Length224 ft 68 m Beam43 ft 13 m Draft15 ft 4 6 m Propulsiondiesel electric two shafts 1 600 hp 1 200 kW Speed11 knots 20 km h 13 mph Complement36Stalwart Indomitable and Capable were modified to support narcotics interdiction by removing SURTASS equipment and adding an air search radar and tactical data link equipment 1 Units editShip Name Hull No Delivery Stricken Fate LinkStalwart 1 1984 2002 State University of New York Maritime College NVR NavSourceContender 2 1984 1992 T V General Rudder flagship and training vessel of the Texas A amp M University at Galveston NVR NavSourceVindicator 3 1984 1993 NOAA Hi Ialakai R 334 NVR NavSource NOAATriumph 4 1985 1995 Stricken to be disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise NVR NavSourceAssurance 5 1985 1995 Transferred to Portugal as NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho A523 NVR NavSourcePersistent 6 1985 1995 T S State of Michigan Great Lakes Maritime Academy Traverse City Michigan NVR NavSource NMCIndomitable 7 1985 2002 NOAA McArthur II R 330 NVR NavSource NOAAPrevail 8 1986 Reclassified as Unclassified miscellaneous vessel Prevail IX 537 NVR NVR NavSourceAssertive 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 2006 transferred to Seattle Maritime Academy R 444 in FY 2008 NVR NavSourceInvincible 10 1987 Converted to T AGM 24 Missile Range Instrumentation Ship NVR NavSource MSCAudacious 11 1989 1997 Transferred to Portugal as NRP Dom Carlos I A522 NVR NavSourceBold 12 1989 2004 EPA Bold OSV 224 NVR NavSource EPAAdventurous 13 1988 1992 NOAA Oscar Elton Sette R 335 NVR NavSource NOAAWorthy 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 KMRSSTitan 15 1989 1993 NOAA Ka Imimoana R 333 until June 18 2014 Research Survey Vessel Ocean Titan IMO 8835231 survey vessel own by Stabbert Maritime NVR NavSource NOAACapable 16 1989 2004 NOAA Okeanos Explorer R 337 NVR NavSource NOAATenacious 17 1987 1997 Transferred to New Zealand as HMNZS Resolution A14 1997 2012 then sold into civilian service to EGS Group and renamed RV Geo Resolution NVR NavSourceRelentless 18 1990 1993 NOAA Gordon Gunter R 336 NVR NavSource NOAAReferences edit The US Navy Archived 2005 11 30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stalwart class ocean surveillance ship amp oldid 1151557769, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
