USNS Adventurous
Ex-USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) at Norfolk, Virginia, on 11 July 1992 after her transfer to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) but prior to her commissioning as the NOAA fisheries research ship NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (R 335). She already displays the NOAA paint scheme and logo on her stack, but her hull still is painted Navy gray and still displays her Navy hull number. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) |
| Namesake | Adventurous: Inclined toward bold undertakings |
| Operator | Military Sealift Command |
| Ordered | 4 May 1985 |
| Builder | VT Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi |
| Laid down | 19 December 1985 |
| Launched | 23 September 1987 |
| In service | 19 August 1988 |
| Out of service | 5 June 1992 |
| Stricken | 5 June 1992 |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 5 June 1992 |
| United States | |
| Name | NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (R 335) |
| Namesake | Oscar Elton Sette (1900-1972), American fisheries scientist |
| Acquired | 5 June 1992 |
| Commissioned | 23 January 2003 |
| Homeport | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Identification | |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics (as U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship) | |
| Class & type | Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship |
| Displacement | 1,565 tons (light) 2,535 tons (full) |
| Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 33 (15 U.S. Navy personnel, 18 merchant mariners) |
| Armament | none |
| General characteristics (as NOAA fisheries research ship) | |
| Class & type | ex-Stalwart-class fisheries research ship |
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| Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 19.6 ft (6.0 m) (maximum) |
| Depth | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, 904 tons fuel |
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| Range | 17,487 nautical miles (32,386 km) |
| Endurance | 60 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Complement | 22 (5 NOAA Corps officers, 3 licensed engineers, and 14 other crew members), plus up to 20 scientists |
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USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) was a Stalwart-class modified tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship of the United States Navy in service from 1988 to 1992. She was in non-commissioned service in the Military Sealift Command from 1988 to 1992, operating during the final years of the Cold War. She was transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 1992 and in 2003 was commissioned into service with NOAA as the fisheries research ship NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (R 335).