the USNS Impeccable, the only ship of the class.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Impeccable class |
Builders |
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Operators | United States Navy |
Preceded by | Victorious class |
In service | November 1, 2000 |
Planned | 6 |
Building | 0 |
Completed | 1 |
Cancelled | 5 |
Active | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Impeccable-class ocean surveillance ship |
Displacement | 5,368 tons |
Length | 281 ft 5 in (85.78 m) |
Beam | 95 ft 8 in (29.16 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Propulsion | diesel-electric, two shafts, 5,000shp |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 25 civilian mariners, 25 military |
Sensors and processing systems | SURTASS passive and active low frequency sonar arrays |
The Impeccable-class ocean surveillance ship is a single-ship class of United States Navy special mission-support ship. The original intention was to build six undersea ocean-surveillance ships carrying a SURTASS passive towed array and a Low Frequency Active transducer array. Only the lead ship, USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23), was built.