USNS Impeccable

USNS Impeccable
History
U.S.
NameImpeccable
OwnerUnited States Navy
OperatorMilitary Sealift Command
BuilderAmerican Shipbuilding, Tampa, Florida
Laid down15 March 1992
Completedat Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1995
Launched28 August 1998
In service22 March 2001
Identification
Honors and
awards
National Defense Service Medal
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeImpeccable-class ocean surveillance ship
Displacement5,368 tons
Length281 ft 5 in (85.78 m)
Beam95 ft 8 in (29.16 m)
Draft26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsiondiesel-electric, two shafts, 5,000shp
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement25 civilian mariners, 25 military
Sensors and
processing systems
SURTASS passive and active low frequency sonar arrays

USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23) is an Impeccable-class ocean surveillance ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 2001 and assigned to Military Sealift Command's Special Missions Program.