USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15)

NOAA Research Ship Ka'Imimoana (R-333)
Career (US)
Name:	Titan (T-AGOS-15)
Operator:	Military Sealift Command
Ordered:	June 30 1986
Builder:	Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi
Laid down:	October 30 1986
Launched:	June 18 1988
Fate:	Disposed of by title transfer to NOAA, August 31 1993
Career (US)
Name:	Ka'Imimoana (R-333)
Operator:	NOAA
Builder:	Maritime Contractors, Inc Shipyard, Bellingham, Washington (conversion)
In service:	25 April 1996
Homeport:	Honolulu, Hawaii
Status:	Active NOAA fleet
General characteristics
Class and type:	Stalwart class
Displacement:	2,250 tons (as built)
Length:	224 ft (68 m)
Beam:	43 ft (13 m)
Draft:	16.0 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp
Speed:	11 kt cruise
Crew:	36

USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15) was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.

History

Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. Titan was laid down October 30 1986 at Halter Marine Inc. in Gulfport, Mississippi, launched June 18 1988 and delivered March 8 1989 to the Military Sealift Command for use as an Ocean Surveillance Ship. Titan was stricken from the Naval Register August 31 1993 and transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Ka'Imimoana

ex-Titan was converted at Maritime Contractors, Inc Shipyard, Bellingham, Washington beginning May 1995. Commissioned by NOAA on April 25, 1996 R/V Ka'Imimoana (R-333),[1] Hawaiian for "The Ocean Seeker."[2] The ship is currently used to maintain the Pacific Ocean Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TAO) buoy array. She is homeported in Honolulu, Hawaii.

External links

• NVR
• NavSource
• NOAA