Counter-Drug Operations/Ocean Surveillance Ships - T-AGOS
Description:USNS Stalwart (TAGOS 1), USNS Indomitable (TAGOS 7) and USNS Capable (TAGOS 16) are monohull ocean surveillance ships originally designed to gather underwater acoustical data.
Features: Three Stalwart class ships have been modified for a drug interdiction mission. The underwater acoustic array was removed, and an air search radar, integrated display system, sophisticated communications suite and other special mission equipment were installed to detect and monitor suspected drug traffickers.
Background: Stalwart, along with two sister ships, was deactivated in the early 1990s when the end of the Cold War signaled a reduced submarine threat from the former Soviet Union, however, the Atlantic commander decided to convert the three ships for a new mission finding narcotics traffickers. They now support the Joint Interagency Task Force, East.
Point of Contact:
Office of Public Affairs
Military Sealift Command
Washington, DC 20398-5540
(202) 685-5055 or www.msc.navy.mil
General Characteristics: Stalwart Class
Builder: Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma, Wash.
Power Plant: Diesel-electric; 4 Caterpillar D 3988 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)
Ships:
USNS Stalwart (T-AGOS 1)
USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS 7)
USNS Capable (T-AGOS 16)
Crew: 20 Navy personnel and 18 civilians
