USNS Sumner (T-AGS-61)

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USNS Sumner (T-AGS-61) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii July, 2003.
Career (USA) United States Navy Ensign
Owner: United States Navy
Operator: Military Sealift Command
Awarded: 30 January 1991
Builder: Halter Marine
Laid down: 18 November 1992
Launched: 19 May 1994
In service: 30 May 1995
Status: Active in service as of 2008
General characteristics
Class and type: Pathfinder-class survey ship
Displacement: 4,762 long tons
Length: 328 ft 6 in (100.1 m)
Beam: 58 ft (18 m)
Draft: 19 ft (5.8 m)
Speed: 16 kn (30 km/h)
Complement: 26 mariners/27 sponsor personnel

USNS Sumner (T-AGS-61) is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship that became operational in 1997. It is the third ship named Sumner.


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