Ocean Surveillance Ship (AGOS)

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USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13)

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NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette (R-335)

International Radio Call Sign: Whiskey - Tango - Echo - Echo
Stalwart Class Ocean Surveillance Ship:
  • Laid down, 19 December 1985, at Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, MS.
  • Launched, 23 September 1987
  • Delivered to the Navy, 19 August 1988, assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13)
  • Placed out of service, struck from the Naval Register, and transferred to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 5 June 1992
  • Commissioned NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette (R-335), 23 January 2003, homeported at Honolulu, HI.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,565 t.(lt) 2,535t.(fl)
    Length 224'
    Beam 43'
    Draft 15'
    Speed 11kts
    Armament none
    Complement 18 Civilian Mariners,15 Navy
    Propulsion diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600hp
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    USNS Adventurous (AGOS-13)
    Relentless 238k Ex-Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) moored pierside at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) pier, Norfolk, VA. Adventurous had yet to be activated by NOAA when this photo was taken on 11 July 1992.
    US DOD # DNST9209501 photo from the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 National Museum of the US Navy
    Relentless 47k Ex-Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) after being actived for service as the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration research ship NOAA Adventurous moored pierside at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pier, Norfolk, VA.,4 July1993 .
    US DOD photo # DNSC9305409 from the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Peter Westdijk
    NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette (R-335)
    Vindicator 61k Ex-Adventurous (T-AGOS-33) underway off Honolulu, HI., as the NOAA Research Ship, Oscar Elton Sette (R-335), date unknown.
    NOAA photo    		 NOAA web site
    There is no DANFS History currently available for Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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    NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette (R-335)
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