MV Cory Chouest

MV Cory Chouest
History
United States
Name	Cory Chouest
Owner	Edison Chouest Offshore
Launched	6 April 1974
Acquired	leased for 5 years by the U.S. Navy, date unknown
In service	as MV Cory Chouest in 1989
Identification	IMO number: 7382536 MMSI number: 303401000 Callsign: WRYF
Fate	Returned to Louisiana for redelivery to the owners
General characteristics
Type	ocean surveillance ship
Tonnage	2,667 DWT
Length	265 ft (81 m)
Beam	60 ft (18 m)
Draft	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	two diesels, two shafts, 4,000bhp
Speed	11 knots
Complement	16 civilian mariners, 41 military and sponsors
Sensors and processing systems	both passive and active low frequency sonar arrays
Armament	none

MV Cory Chouest is an ocean surveillance ship leased by the U.S. Navy in 1989 and assigned to the Navy’s Special Missions Program. Cory Chouest had all SURTASS equipment removed and was returned to her original owners in 2008 completing nearly 20 years of service.^[1]