.jpg) USNS Persistent (T-AGOS-6)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Awarded | 13 February 1981 |
| Builder | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 22 October 1984 |
| Launched | 6 April 1985 |
| In service | 14 August 1985 |
| Out of service | 12 October 1994 |
| Stricken | 6 January 1995 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to Great Lakes Maritime Academy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship |
| Displacement | 1,565 tons (light) 2,535 tons (full) |
| Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
USNS Persistent (T-AGOS-6) was a Stalwart-class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.
Stalwart-class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold War anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. Ex-USNS Persistent is now T/S State of Michigan, owned by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration and assigned to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Traverse City, Michigan.[1]