USNS Triumph (T-AGOS-4)

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USNS Triumph (T-AGOS-4) departing Pearl Harbor, 1991.
Career (US) United States Navy ensign
Name: USNS Triumph (T-AGOS-4)
Operator: Military Sealift Command
Ordered: February 13, 1981
Builder: Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma, Washington
Laid down: January 3, 1984
Launched: September 17, 1984
Acquired: February 19, 1985
Fate: Stricken, to be disposed of January 6, 1995
General characteristics
Displacement: 2,250 tons
Length: 224 ft (68 m)
Beam: 43 ft (13 m)
Draft: 16.0 ft (4.9 m)
Speed: 11 kt cruise
Crew: 36

USNS Triumph (T-AGOS-4) was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.

[edit] History

Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. ex-Triumph is planned to be sunk as a target.[1]

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