USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16) after removal of SURTASS and addition of AN/SPS-40 air search radar for drug interdiction operations. |
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| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16) |
| Awarded: | 20 February 1987 |
| Builder: | Halter Marine |
| Laid down: | 17 October 1987 |
| Launched: | 28 October 1988 |
| In service: | 9 June 1989 |
| Out of service: | 14 September 2004 |
| Fate: | Transferred to NOAA |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Stalwart-class Ocean Surveillance Ship |
| Displacement: | 1565 tons (light) 2265 tons (full) |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Complement: | 20 |
USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16) 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 Capable is now NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer [1].
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