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USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) displaying NOAA paint scheme and logo on stack prior to activation as a NOAA ship. |
| Career (USA) |
 |
| Name: |
USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) |
| Owner: |
United States Navy |
| Operator: |
Military Sealift Command |
| Ordered: |
4 May 1985 |
| Builder: |
Halter Marine |
| Laid down: |
19 December 1985 |
| Launched: |
23 September 1987 |
| In service: |
19 August 1988 |
| Out of service: |
5 June 1992 |
| Struck: |
5 June 1992 |
| Fate: |
Transferred to NOAA |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Stalwart-class Ocean Surveillance Ship |
| Displacement: |
1,565 tons (light) 2,535 tons (full) |
| Length: |
224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: |
43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: |
15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Speed: |
11 knots |
| Complement: |
33 |
USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) 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 Adventurous is now NOAA R/V Oscar Elton Sette. [1]
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