Builder: Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma, Wash.
Power Plant: Diesel-electric; 4 Caterpillar
D 398 diesel generators, 3,200 hp, 2 motors, 1,600 hp;
2 shafts; bow thruster; 550 hp
Length: 224 feet (68 meters)
Beam: 43 feet (13 meters)
Displacement: 2,262 tons (2,298.3 metric tons)
full load
Speed: 11 kts (12.65 mph), 3 kts when towing
array
Ships: No homeports assigned
USNS Prevail (T-AGOS 8)
USNS Assertive (T-AGOS 9)
USNS Bold (T-AGOS 12)
Crew: 18 mariners, 5 technicians and up to
15 Navy personnel
Description: Ocean surveillance ships have
a single
mission to gather underwater acoustical data.
The
T-AGOS ships operate to support the anti-submarine
warfare mission of the Commanders in chief
of the
Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.
Features: The ship is designed to tow an array
of
underwater listening devices to collect acoustical
data.
The ship also carries electronic equipment
to process and
transmit that data via satellite to shore
stations for
evaluation. The ship, the listening devices
and electronic equipment are all part of a system called the
Surveillance Towed Array System, or SURTASS.