Assurance alongside Triumph at Pearl Harbor. |
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| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USNS Assurance (T-AGOS-5) |
| Awarded: | 13 February 1981 |
| Builder: | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 16 April 1984 |
| Launched: | 12 January 1985 |
| In service: | 1 May 1985 |
| Out of service: | 6 January 1995 |
| Struck: | 6 January 1995 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Portugal |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Stalwart-class Ocean Surveillance Ship |
| Displacement: | 1565 tons (light) 2535 tons (full) |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Complement: | 20 |
USNS Assurance (T-AGOS-5) 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 Assurance was transferred to Portugal and is now N.R.P. "Almirante Gago Coutinho" (A-523) [1].
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