USNS Thomas G. Thompson (T-AGOR-9)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Thomas G. Thompson |
| Namesake | Thomas Gordon Thompson |
| Builder | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Laid down | 12 September 1963 |
| Launched | 18 July 1964 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Isabel Thompson, the widow of Professor Thompson |
| Acquired | By the Navy, 1 August 1965, as R/V Thomas G. Thompson (AGOR-9) |
| In service | On lease to the University of Washington, 21 September 1965 |
| Out of service | date not known |
| Renamed | R/V Gosport (IX-517), 7 May 1997, a multi-purpose research vessel |
| Reclassified | Unclassified Miscellaneous, 11 December 1989; R/V Pacific Escort (II) (IX-517) a general research (date unknown); |
| Stricken | 27 February 2004 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7742152 |
| Fate | Sunk, 14 November 2004 as part of a NATO exercise |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship |
| Displacement | 1,200 tons light, 1,370 tons full load |
| Length | 209 ft (64 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric, three propeller shafts, (low speed diesel engine driving cycloidal propellers, fwd & aft), 2,500shp |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Complement | 14 civilian mariners; up to 30 scientific party |
| Armament | none |
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Thomas G. Thompson (T-AGOR-9) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1965. The ship was transferred to the University of Washington for operation as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet on 21 September 1965. In 1988 the ship went out of UNOLS service. The ship, retaining the previous name, was designated by the Navy as IX-517 assigned to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard for general naval research. Thomas G. Thompson was later renamed Pacific Escort II with the same designation. On 7 May 1997 the Navy renamed the ship Gosport and transferred the ship to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard available for hire as a multi purpose platform from the shipyard. The ship, placed out of service and struck from the register on 27 February 2004, was sunk as part of a NATO exercise 14 November 2004.