USNS Stalwart

USNS Stalwart
USNS Stalwart
History
United States
NameStalwart
Ordered26 September 1980
BuilderTacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington
Laid down3 November 1982
Launched11 July 1983
Acquired14 May 2004
In service12 April 1984
Out of service15 November 2002
Stricken2 December 2002
FateDonated to State University of New York Maritime College
History
United States
NameSUNY Maritime
OperatorState University of New York Maritime College
Out of serviceFebruary 3, 2011
ReclassifiedTraining vessel
HomeportFort Schuyler, NY
Identification
FateSold, Stabbert Marine
General characteristics
Class and typeStalwart-class ocean surveillance ship
Displacement
  • 1,565 tons (light)
  • 2,535 tons (full load)
Length224 ft (68 m)
Beam43 ft (13 m)
Draft15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion4 x Caterpillar diesel-electric engines, two shafts, 1,600 hp
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)
Complement17 CIVMAR, 15 MILDET
Sensors and
processing systems
NotesStatistics during military service

USNS Stalwart (T-AGOS-1) was a Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship and the lead ship of her class.

Stalwart was laid down on 3 November 1982 by the Tacoma Boat Building Company. She was launched on 11 July 1983 and entered service with the United States Military Sealift Command on 12 April 1984. The ship served as an anti-submarine surveillance ship during the Cold War, then as an anti-drug smuggling vessel as part of the United States' War on Drugs.

Stalwart left military service on 15 November 2002, and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 2 December 2002. She was donated to the State University of New York Maritime College (SUNY-Maritime), and was renamed SUNY Maritime. She was sold in 2011 to Stabbert Maritime and sent to Norfolk Shipyards for restoration and renamed R/V Ocean Stalwart.