USNS Assertive (T-AGOS-9)
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| Career (USA) |  |
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| Ordered: | 20 January 1982 |
| Builder: | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 30 July 1985 |
| Launched: | 20 June 1986 |
| Acquired: | 9 September 1986 |
| Struck: | 3 March 2004 |
| Status: | Transferred to NOAA 31 March 2004 |
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| Class and type: | Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship |
| Displacement: | 2535 tons |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel Electric |
| Complement: | Officers: 7 Enlisted: 13 |
USNS Assertive (T-AGOS-9) 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 Assertive was transferred to the NOAA to be converted FY 2007 and to replace NOAA David Starr Jordan (R 444) in FY 2008.
[edit] References
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource
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