Talk:Ocean Surveillance Ship

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The Stalwart was T-AGOS 1, not AGOS 1. Are all of these ships listed incorrectly, or is this just another way of listing them? A couple of the other ships link to a USS rather than a USNS. Are these also completely different ships or is it correct? --JAYMEDINC 05:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I just found this: Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory of Ocean Surveillance Ships [1]

  • MV CORY CHOUEST
  • USNS Effective
  • USNS Impeccable
  • USNS Loyal
  • USNS Victorious

And also updated sources for the ships new names:

  • ex-USNS Prevail (T-AGOS-8) became USNS Prevail (TSV-1) [2]
  • ex-USNS Worthy became Kwajalein Mobile Range Safety System KMRSS Worthy [3]
  • ex-USNS Contender is now T/V Kings Pointer [4]
  • ex-USNS Bold is OSV Bold [5]
  • ex-USNS Tenacious is transferred to New Zealand and re-named Resolution (A14)[6]
  • ex-USNS Triumph is transferred to the Philippines
  • ex-USNS Audacious and ex-USNS Assurance are transferred to Portugal and re-named Dom Carlos (A522) and Almirante Gago Coutinho (A-533) respectively [7]
  • ex-USNS Persistant is now T/S State of Michigan [8]
  • ex-USNS Vindicator is now R/V Hi’Ialakai, ex-USNS Adventurous is now R/V Oscar Elton Sette, ex-USNS Capable is now R/V Okeanos Explorer [9]
  • ex-USNS Assertive is R/V Oscar Dyson[10]
  • ex-USNS Indomitable became R/V McArthur II (R330) and ex-USNS Titan became R/V Ka'Imimoana (R333) and ex-USNS Relentless became R/V Gordon Gunter (R336)[11]
  • ex-USNS Triumph will be sunk as a target [12]

T-AGOS NOAA missions [13]

Well, I was up all night and this is all I can find. I hope someone can help me organize and complete this to update the article. --JAYMEDINC 08:04, 26 November 2006 (UTC)