Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship
Stalwart-class auxiliary general ocean surveillance ships (T-AGOS) are a class of United States Naval Ship (USNS) auxiliary support Ocean Surveillance Ships commissioned between April 1984 and October 2000. Their original purpose was to collect underwater acoustical information using the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS), a towed array passive sonar.
USNS Stalwart | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Victorious class |
| In service | April 12, 1984 |
| Completed | 23 |
| Active | 5 not stricken by Naval Vessel Register |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,565 t.(lt) 2,535 t.(fl) |
| Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 36 |
Stalwart, Indomitable, and Capable were modified to support narcotics interdiction by removing SURTASS equipment and adding an air-search radar and tactical data link equipment.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.