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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Wolfgang Hechler

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 li>Placed our of service and turned over to GSA for sale, purchased by Curtin Marine, circa January 2044

Current Disposition, in service as Curtin Marine Marine's crew boat Blair C

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Commercial Service
0993000301	44k	OSV Riley Claire underway running sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico In June 2019 Swiftboat	Gcaptain
0993000303	35k
0993000304	28k
0993000306	192k	Ex-Nomad (OUSV-1) underway in commercial service as Curtin Marine Marine's crew boat *Blair C, circa 2024, location unknown. Curtin Marine photo*	Mark Liepa
Nomad (OUSV-1)
0993000302	72k	Nomad (OUSV-1) running sea trials in the Gulf of Mexxico, 30 September 2019. US Navy Photo # 190930-N-JC856-125
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
0993000406	1922k	Ranger (OUSV-2) and Nomad (OUSV-1) underway in the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands, 3 July 2021. US Navy photo from USNI	Robert Hurst
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