NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Assurance.
NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho (A523) is a ship of the Portuguese Navy' Dom Carlos I-class survey vessels (ex-US Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship adapted in Portugal for the execution of hydrography and oceanography surveys). Before transfer to the Portuguese Navy, Almirante Gago Coutinho was formerly USNS Assurance (T-AGOS-5) of the United States Navy.
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NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho at Pipas port, Azores. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USNS Assurance |
In service | 1 May 1985 |
Out of service | 6 January 1995 |
Stricken | 6 January 1995 |
Identification | T-AGOS-5 |
Fate | Transferred to Portugal 1999 |
Portugal | |
Name | NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho |
Namesake | Gago Coutinho |
Acquired | September 1999 |
Commissioned | 1999 |
In service | 1999 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Complement | 20 |
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