The USNS Worthy (T-AGOS-14) was a modified Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship operated by the United States Navy.
.jpg) USNS Worthy (T-AGOS-14) at Washington Navy Yard, 1989.
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| History | |
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 United States Navy | |
| Name | USNS Worthy (T-AGOS-14) |
| Ordered | April 5, 1985 |
| Builder | VT Halter Marine, Inc. |
| Laid down | April 3, 1986 |
| Launched | February 6, 1988 |
| Stricken | May 20, 1993 |
| Fate | Transferred in 1995 to the United States Army |
 United States Army | |
| Name | USAV Worthy (T-AGOS-14) |
| Acquired | 1995 |
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| Status | In active service, as of 2020 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,565 t.(lt) 2,535 t.(fl) |
| Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Design
editThe Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ships were succeeded by the longer Victorious-class ocean surveillance ships. Worthy had an overall length of 224 feet (68 m) and a length of 203 feet 6 inches (62.03 m) at its waterline. It had a beam of 43 feet (13 m) and a draft of 15 feet (4.6 m). The surveillance ship had a displacement of 1,600 tonnes (1,600 long tons; 1,800 short tons) at light load and 2,301 tonnes (2,265 long tons; 2,536 short tons) at full load. It was powered by a diesel-electric system of four Caterpillar D-398 diesel-powered generators and two General Electric 550 metric horsepower (540 shp; 400 kW) electric motors. This produced a total of 3,200 metric horsepower (3,200 shp; 2,400 kW) that drove two shafts. It had a gross register tonnage of 1,584 and a deadweight tonnage of 786.[1]
The Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ships had maximum speeds of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph). They were built to be fitted with the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) system. The ship had an endurance of thirty days. It had a range of 3,000 miles (2,600 nmi; 4,800 km) and a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph). Its complement was between thirty-two and forty-seven. Its hull design was similar to that of the Powhatan-class tugboats.[1]
History
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Stalwart-class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold War anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. USNS Worthy was struck from the Navy registry in 1993 and modified to be Kwajalein Mobile Range Safety System (KMRSS) Worthy, a missile range instrumentation ship at Kwajalein Atoll's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, operated by the United States Army.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b Norman Polmar (2005). The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet. Naval Institute Press. p. 617. ISBN 978-1-59114-685-8.
- ^ GlobalSecurity.org: T-AGOS 1 Stalwart
- ^ hazegray.org – World Navies Today: US Army