USNS Thomas Washington
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Thomas Washington (T-AGOR-10) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1965. The ship was owned by the Navy but assigned to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California and operated as R/VThomas Washington from delivery to inactivation.[note 1]
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United States | |
Name | Thomas Washington |
Namesake | Admiral Thomas Washington |
Owner | United States Navy |
Operator | Scripps Institute of Oceanography |
Builder | Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wisconsin |
Laid down | 12 September 1963 |
Launched | 1 August 1964 |
Sponsored by | Misses Barbara E. and Ann H. Washington, granddaughters of Admiral Washington |
Acquired | 17 September 1965 |
In service | Assigned to and operated by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. |
Stricken | 1 August 1992 |
Fate | Transferred to Chile 22 September 1992 and renamed Vidal Gormaz (AGOR 60). |
Vidal Gormaz (AGOR 60) | |
History | |
Chile | |
Name | Vidal Gormaz (AGOR-60) |
Namesake | Commodore Francisco Vidal Gormaz (1837 - 1907) |
Commissioned | 28 September 1992 |
Decommissioned | 30 August 2010 |
Identification | IMO number: 7742164 |
Fate | Scrapped in Puerto Montt Bay, Chile 2012. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship |
Tonnage | 1,151 GRT |
Displacement | 1,490 |
Length | 209 ft (63.7 m) |
Beam | 39.5 ft (12.0 m) |
Draft | 16.7 ft (5.1 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, single propeller, 2,500shp, retractable, trainable, 360 degree bow thruster |
Speed | 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) cruise, 11.5 kn (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) maximum |
Range | 8,200 nmi (9,400 mi; 15,200 km) at cruising speed |
Complement | 22 scientific complement |
Crew | 8 officers, 15 men |
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In September 1992 the ship was sold to Chile and operated by the Chilean Navy as Vidal Gormaz until decommissioned in August 2010 and broken up in 2012.