Prevail (IX-537)
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Prevail (IX-537) is a modified Stalwart-class auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship (AGOS) of the United States Navy previously operated by the U.S. Military Sealift Command as T-AGOS 8. Prevail was reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous (IX) in October 2003 and is unofficially referred to as TSV-1. In this context, TSV stands for Training Support Vessel, and should not be confused with the U.S. Army's USAV Spearhead Theater Support Vessel initiative.
USNS Prevail (T-AGOS-8), 1986 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Awarded | 13 February 1981 |
Builder | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company |
Laid down | 13 March 1985 |
Launched | 7 December 1985 |
In service | 4 March 1986 |
Reclassified | IX-537 17 October 2003 |
Identification |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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) |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | 33 |
Prevail is currently assigned to Commander, Carrier Strike Group Four and is operated with a minimal, hybrid crew of civil service and contract mariners. The ship provides a dedicated training support for Strike Group training for U.S. Atlantic Fleet ships, including serving as a platform for training Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) operations.
Stalwart-class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold War anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s.