USNS Worthy (T-AGOS-14)

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USNS Worthy (T-AGOS-14) at Washington Navy Yard, 1989.
Career (US) United States Navy Jack
Ordered: April 5, 1985
Builder: VT Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
Laid down: April 3, 1986
Launched: February 6, 1988
Struck: May 20, 1993
Fate: Converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship at Kwajalein Atoll's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,565 t.(lt) 2,535 t.(fl)
Length: 224 ft (68 m)
Beam: 43 ft (13 m)
Draught: 15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion: diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp
Speed: 11 knots

USNS Worthy (T-AGOS-14) was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.

[edit] History

Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold War anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. USNS Worthy was stricken from the Navy registry in 1993 and modified to be Kwajalein Mobile Range Safety System (KMRSS) Worthy, a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship at Kwajalein Atoll's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, operated by the United States Army. [1]

US Army Ship Worthy as Kwajalein Mobile Range Safety System, October 1995.
US Army Ship Worthy as Kwajalein Mobile Range Safety System, October 1995.

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