USNS Titan
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USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15) was a Stalwart-class modified tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship in service in the United States Navy from 1989 to 1993. From 1996 to 2014, she was in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet as the oceanographic research ship NOAAS Ka'imimoana (R 333).
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NOAAS Ka'Imimoana (R 333), ex-USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15), sometime between 1996 and 2009. | |
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Name | USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15) |
Namesake | A titan is something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness |
Operator | Military Sealift Command |
Ordered | June 30, 1986 |
Builder | VT Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi |
Laid down | October 30, 1986 |
Launched | June 18, 1988 |
Acquired | March 8, 1989 (delivered) |
In service | March 8, 1989 |
Out of service | August 31, 1993 |
Stricken | August 31, 1993 |
Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, August 31, 1993 |
United States | |
Name | NOAAS Ka'imimoana (R 333) |
Namesake | Ka'imimoana is a Hawaiian word meaning "Ocean Seeker" |
Acquired | August 31, 1993 |
Commissioned | April 25, 1996 |
Decommissioned | June 18, 2014 |
Homeport | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
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Status | Inactive in NOAA Pacific Fleet |
General characteristics (as U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship) | |
Class and type | Stalwart class |
Displacement | 2,250 tons (as built) |
Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 16.0 ft (4.9 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp |
Speed | 11 kt cruise |
Crew | 36 |
General characteristics (as NOAA oceanographic research ship) | |
Class and type | ex-U.S. Navy Stalwart-class research ship |
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Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Installed power | 1,600 hp (1.2 MW) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric: Two General Electric 800 hp (0.60 MW) diesel engines, twin fixed-pitch propellers, 116,000 US gal (440 m3) fuel; 550 hp (0.41 MW) Schottel bow thruster |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) (sustained) |
Range | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) |
Endurance | 30 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | One 22 ft (6.7 m) rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB); one 17-foot (5.2-meter) inflatable utility boat |
Complement | 20 (3 NOAA Corps officers, 1 U.S. Public Health Service Health Programs Officer, 3 licensed engineers, and 13 other crew) plus up to 12 scientists |
Sensors and processing systems | Deep-water echosounder, shallow-water echosounder, hull-mounted acoustic release transducer, navigation fathometer, X-band radar, S-band radar, Global Positioning System receivers, VHF radio direction finder, Sperry gyrocompass |
Notes | Welded steel, ice-strengthened hull |
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