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224' Sonar Surveillance (T-AGOS)
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224' SONAR SURVEILLANCE (T-AGOS)
 

USNS TRIUMPH T-AGOS-4

Length:  224 feet
Beam:  43 feet
Max draft:  16 feet
Displacement: 1,565 tons (light) 2,535 tons (full)
Dead Weight:  970 tons
Speed:  11 knots
Armament:  none
Complement: 18 Civilians Mariners, 15 Navy
Propulsion: diesel-electric 4 x 970hp, two shafts
Launched:  September 18, 1984

LINKS
Naval Vessel Register re:  Triumph AGOS-4
wikipedia.org re: USNS Triumph (T-AGOS-4)
globalsecurity.org re: T-AGOS 1 Stalwart - description
globalsecurity.org re: T-AGOS 1 Stalwart -specifications
navsource.org re: AGOS-4 Triumph

THE PROPOSED R/V CHARLES GORDON

The Atoll Institute is currently in discussions with the United States Navy concerning the donation of the USNS Triumph T-AGOS-4 and recommissioning as an oceanographic research vessel to engage in fisheries research, deep seabed surveys and exploration, and as a merchant marine training vessel.

It is proposed that the Triumph be renamed the "R/V Charles Gordon" in honor of the father of the Atoll Institute's founder and president, Mr. Robert Grosz.  Mr. Charles Gordon is an electronic engineer who retired from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami.  He pioneered numerous oceanographic breakthroughs, such as co-designing the world's first permanent underwater television camera (on Bimini Island), designing underwater acoustic arrays for the United States Navy, and designing various other underwater acoustic devices for utilization in dolphin and shark research.  In honor of his nickname "Charlie" the vessel would be affectionately referred to as such.

If the Triumph is donated to the Atoll Institute then she will be towed forthwith from the mothball fleet to a west coast dry dock for bottom painting, outfitting and recommissioning, provided that the USCG issues a Permit to Proceed so that she can clear the mothball fleet.  However, the Triumph is presently slated for stripping and sinking in the SINKEX program.

 

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