USNS Able (T-AGOS-20)

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Career United States Navy Ensign
Name: USNS Able (T-AGOS-20)
Laid down: 23 March 1989
Launched: 16 February 1991
Acquired: 22 July 1992
Status: re-activated
General characteristics
Class and type: Victorious-class survey ship
Displacement: 3,346 long tons
Length: 235 ft (72 m)
Beam: 94 ft (29 m)
Draft: 25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion: diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp
Speed: 9.6 knots
Complement: 24
Armament: none

USNS Able (T-AGOS-20) was a Victorious-class oceanographic survey ship in the service of the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command.

Able was laid down on 23 March 1989 at McDermott Shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana. Launched on 16 February 1991, she was delivered to the Navy on 22 July 1992, assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), and placed in service as USNS Able (T-AGOS-20).

Able was taken out of service in August 2004 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet at NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, in Philadelphia, PA.

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