USNS Worthy (T-AGOS-14)
.jpg) USNS Worthy (T-AGOS-14) at Washington Navy Yard, 1989. | |
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USNS Worthy (T-AGOS-14) |
| Ordered: | April 5, 1985 |
| Builder: | VT Halter Marine, Inc. |
| Laid down: | April 3, 1986 |
| Launched: | February 6, 1988 |
| Struck: | May 20, 1993 |
| Fate: | Transferred in 1995 to the United States Army |
| Career (United States Army) |  |
| Name: | USAV Worthy (T-AGOS-14) |
| Acquired: | 1995 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2013 |
| 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 (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
The USAV Worthy (T-AGOS-14) is a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship operated by the United States Army. The USAV Worthy was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.
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 struck 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][2]
US Army Vessel Worthy as Kwajalein Mobile Range Safety System, October 1995.
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