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R/V Gyre (AGOR-21)

International Radio Call Sign:
Yankee - Juliet - Tango - Xray - Five
YJTX5

Gyre Class Oceanographic Research Ship:

Laid down, 9 October 1972, at Todd Seattle Halter Marine, Moss Point, MS.

Launched, 23 May 1973

Delivered to the Navy, 14 November 1973

Leased to Texas A&M University School of Oceanography, date unknown

Placed in service as R/V Gyre (AGOR-21)

Rebuilt in 1984

Struck from the Naval Register, 17 August 1992

Title transferred to Texas A&M University

Returned to the Maritime Administration in August 2005

Sold, date unknown, to TDI Brooks International, reflagged Vanuatu

Current Disposition, available for hire

Specifications:
Displacement 239 t.(lt) 798 t.(fl)
Length 165'
Beam 36'
Draft 15'
Speed 11 kts.

Complement

10 civilian mariners

23 scientific party

Propulsion

two Caterpillar 398D Diesel engines

Reduction gear drive to two Liaaen variable-pitch propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	64k	R/V Gyre under way while in service at Texas A&M University, circa 1980, location unknown.		Texas A&M University and Department of Oceanography
	344k	R/V Gyre underway while in service TDI-Brooks International, date and location unknown		Courtesy TDI-Brooks International

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