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USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15)
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USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15) was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy
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anti-submarine warfare
operations in the 1980s. Titan was laid down October 30, 1986 at Halter Marine Inc. in Gulfport, Mississippi
, launched June 18, 1988 and delivered March 8, 1989 to the Military Sealift Command
for use as an Ocean Surveillance Ship. Titan was stricken from the Naval Register August 31, 1993 and transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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beginning May 1995. Commissioned by NOAA on April 25, 1996 R/V
Ka'Imimoana (R-333), Hawaiian for "The Ocean Seeker". The ship is currently used to maintain the Pacific Ocean Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) buoy array. She is homeported in Honolulu, Hawaii
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United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
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History
Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold warCold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
operations in the 1980s. Titan was laid down October 30, 1986 at Halter Marine Inc. in Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson. It is the larger of the two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area. As of the...
, launched June 18, 1988 and delivered March 8, 1989 to the Military Sealift Command
Military Sealift Command
The Military Sealift Command is a United States Navy organization that controls most of the replenishment and military transport ships of the Navy. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service became solely responsible for the Department of Defense's...
for use as an Ocean Surveillance Ship. Titan was stricken from the Naval Register August 31, 1993 and transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , pronounced , like "noah", is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere...
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration service
Ex-Titan was converted at Maritime Contractors, Inc Shipyard, Bellingham, WashingtonBellingham, Washington
Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...
beginning May 1995. Commissioned by NOAA on April 25, 1996 R/V
Research vessel
A research vessel is a ship designed and equipped to carry out research at sea. Research vessels carry out a number of roles. Some of these roles can be combined into a single vessel, others require a dedicated vessel...
Ka'Imimoana (R-333), Hawaiian for "The Ocean Seeker". The ship is currently used to maintain the Pacific Ocean Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) buoy array. She is homeported in Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
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