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Nomad (OUSV-1)

Overloard Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vessel:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as the crew boat MV Riley Claire an offshore workboat at Swiftboat, Morgan City, LA.
  • Launched date unknown
  • Acquired by the US Navy, date unknown
  • Converted to an Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel
  • Delivered to the Navy, date unknown
  • Renamed and Christened Nomad (OUSV-1)
  • Assigned to Pacific Fleet, Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron One, Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One
  • Status, in service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 135 t.(light) 145 t.(full load)
    Length 175'
    Beam 25
    Draft 13.6"
    Speed 30.3 Kts lightship, 24 Kts fully laden
    Complement 6
    Armament unknown
    Fuel Capacity - Diesel 34,500 gals.
    Potable Water 20,500 gals.
    Propulsion
    four Cummins QSK 50 diesel engines each producing 1800HP
    four Marine Jet Power MJP 650 CSU waterjets

    US Navy photo from USNI
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    Merchant Service
    Nomad
    0993000301    		 44k OSV Riley Claire underway running sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico In June 2019
    Swiftboat    		 Gcaptain
    Nomad
    0993000303    		 35k
    Nomad
    0993000304    		 28k
    Nomad (OUSV-1)
    Nomad
    0993000302    		 72k Nomad (OUSV-1) running sea trials in the Gulf of Mexxico, 30 September 2019.
    US Navy Photo # 190930-N-JC856-125    		  
    Nomad
    0993000307    		 151k Nomad (OUSV-1) arriving at Naval Station Point Loma, San Diego, CA., 29 May 2021, after 4,421 Nautical-Mile, ’98 Percent’ Autonomous Trip
    San Diego WebCam    		 Robert Hurst
    Ranger
    0993000406    		 1922k Ranger (OUSV-2) and Nomad (OUSV-1) underway in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands, 3 July 2021. Robert Hurst
    Nomad
    0993000305    		 277k The large unmanned surface vessel Nomad (OUSV-1) transits the Pacific Ocean to participate in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 22 Kimr 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
    U.S. Navy photo # 220622-N-HH215-1053 by MC1 Tyler R. Fraser.    		 Robert Hurst
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