.gif)
USNS Contender (T-AGOS-2)
Encyclopedia
USNS Contender (T-AGOS-2) was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy
.
anti-submarine warfare
operations in the 1980s. ex-Contender is now T/V
Kings Pointer the flagship and training vessel of the United States Merchant Marine Academy
. http://www.sailbaltimore.org/05ships.htm
In the spring of 2004 she underwent a major overhaul to upgrade her crew's quarters and training equipment. The aft 'tow' deck was also modified and any vestage of her previous employment as a SURTASS ship was removed and reworked.
Her current mission is ongoing, to supplement the classroom training at the United States Merchant Marine Academy by providing an operational shipboard platform for use by the academic departments and the Department of Shipboard Training. The training program is one that will foster leadership, responsibility and accountability through the operation and maintenance of the vessel.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
.
History
Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold warCold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
operations in the 1980s. ex-Contender is now T/V
School ship
A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is especially used for ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classrooms....
Kings Pointer the flagship and training vessel of the United States Merchant Marine Academy
United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is one of the five United States Service academies...
. http://www.sailbaltimore.org/05ships.htm
In the spring of 2004 she underwent a major overhaul to upgrade her crew's quarters and training equipment. The aft 'tow' deck was also modified and any vestage of her previous employment as a SURTASS ship was removed and reworked.
Her current mission is ongoing, to supplement the classroom training at the United States Merchant Marine Academy by providing an operational shipboard platform for use by the academic departments and the Department of Shipboard Training. The training program is one that will foster leadership, responsibility and accountability through the operation and maintenance of the vessel.