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- Navy's Newest T-AGOS Christened At Tacoma Boat Maritime Reporter, Apr 1989 #15
The U.S. Navy's newest ocean surveillance ship, the USNS Audacious (T-AGOS-11) was recently christened at Tacoma Boatbuilding, Co., Tacoma, Wash.
Speakers at the launching ceremony included Rear Adm. Select Stephen S. Clarey, Deputy Commander/ Comptroller, Naval Sea Systems Command, and the Honorable Norman D. Dicks, U.S. Representative.
The USNS Audacious has a length of 224 feet, beam of 43 feet, displaces 2,265 tons and range of about 3,000 nautical miles at 11 knots. Propulsion and ship service electrical power is provided by four 600-kw, 600 vAC diesel generators.
At any one time, two of the four diesel generators drive direct-coupled DC motors, producing 1,600 shp.
When commissioned, she will be operated by the Military Sealift Command to gather underwater acoustical data and then transmit ashore for evaluation.
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- Tacoma Boatbuilding Launches Tenth T-AGOS For Navy Maritime Reporter, Dec 1986 #45
The tenth in a projected fleet of 26 Navy oceanographic surveillance ships (T-AGOS) was recently christened "Invincible" at Tacoma Boatbuilding Company in Tacoma, Wash. The USNS Invincible (T-AGOS- 10) will be operated by the Military Sealift Command for the Space and Warfare Systems Command.
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- Halter Marine Awarded $85-Million Navy Contract To Build Six T-AGOS Ships Maritime Reporter, May 15, 1985 #46
Marine, has announced the receipt of a contract from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for the construction of six ocean surveillance ships (T-AGOS). Total contract value, including options, is said to be in excess of $85 million. The T-AGOS vessels, which have an overall length of 224 feet
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- MSC Awards $41.7-Million Contract To Sea Mobility To Operate T-AGOS Ships Maritime Reporter, Mar 1985 #7
The Navy's Military Sealift Command has awarded a $41.7-million contract to Sea Mobility, Inc. of Houston for the operation and maintenance of 12 T-AGOS-1 Class ocean surveillance ships. The contract took effect February 1 this year and will continue through September 30, 1989. T-AGOS ships are
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- Navy Christens Third SWATH T-AGOS At McDermott Yard Maritime Reporter, Nov 1991 #126
The USNS Effective (T-AGOS- 21) was recently christened at McDermott Shipyard in Amelia, La. The Honorable Craig S. King, General Counsel of the Navy was the principal speaker at the ceremony, and his wife, Janet, was the ship's sponsor. Richard S. Haynes, Counsel for the Military Sealift Command
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- American Ship Building Awarded Navy Contract For Up To Six Ocean Surveillance Ships Maritime Reporter, Apr 1991 #37
for the construction of up to six Ocean Surveillance Ships. The eventual contract value for construction of these vessels, which are designated T-AGOS 23- Class ships, is approximately $300 million. American Ship chairman George M. Steinbrenner said design and procurement work will begin immediately a
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- $61,4-Million Contract Awarded Maersk Line By Military Sealift Command Maritime Reporter, Oct 1989 #33
Maersk Line, Limited of Madison, N.J., has been awarded a $61.4- million contract for the operation and maintenance of 12 ocean surveillance ships (T-AGOS). The contract performance period is three years with the first ship being turned over approximately October 1, 1989, and the last in September 1990
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- U.S. NAVY SHIP PROCUREMENT Second Quarterly Update—November 1985 Maritime Reporter, Dec 1985 #70
under contract continues to decline. Reports indicating significant future shipbuilding program cutbacks have appeared in the press. A twin-hull T-AGOS has been scheduled for late 1986 procurement. And Navy has dropped its plans to continue developing -JTIDS, a sophisticated tactical warfare communicatio
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- Tacoma Boat Launches Ocean Surveillance Ship For Navy's MSC Maritime Reporter, Aug 1986 #37
Tacoma Boatbuilding Company (TBC) in Washington recently launched on schedule the USNS Assertive (T-AGOS-9), the ninth in a series of ocean surveillance ships designed and built by TBC for operation by the Navy's Military Sealift Command. Speakers at the launching ceremony included Paul A. Schneider
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- McDermott Names Jamestown Metal Supplier Of The Year Maritime Reporter, Nov 1991 #73
selected out of nearly 3,800 vendors for their performance on contracts to furnish and install the complete interior accommodations packages on four T-AGOS-19 Class ships, four YTT-9 Class vessels and two AGOR-15 Class vessels. JMMS was also recently awarded a contract by Tampa Shipyards, Inc., to
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- Halter Marine Delivers First Of Six U.S. Navy Ocean Surveillance Ships In $85-Million Contract Maritime Reporter, Dec 1988 #38
Halter Marine Inc. recently delivered the U.S. Naval Ship Adventurous, the first of six identical TAGOS ocean surveillance ships under construction at Halter for the Navy with a total contract value of approximately $85 million. The Adventurous is the 11th of 18 planned monohull T-AGOS-class ships
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- NAVY WORK IN PRIVATE U.S. YARDS Maritime Reporter, Aug 15, 1984 #20
ships that will tow sophisticated acoustical listening devices at slow speeds and at various depths throughout the world's oceans. The USNS Stalwart (T-AGOS-1) was launched in July 1983 and delivered to the Navy in the spring of 1984. USNS Contender (TAGOS- 2) was launched in December 1983, and USNS
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March 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 32FEATURE SEABED MINING by a sea? oor plume from its pilot collection system test. pact, nodule collection system that utilizes mechanical and The Metals Company recently signed a binding MoU with hydraulic technology. Paci? c Metals Corporation of Japan for a feasibility study on The company’s SMD
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 21ROB LANGFORD, VP, GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND ob Langford has worked in the offshore industry ABS. “We are growing and evolving our services across all for more than three decades, ‘cutting his teeth’ offshore infrastructure along with our continued support to the in a UK design ? rm working in the North Sea
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 29engines from Caterpillar. Another in the series, Isabel McAllister, will be delivered in 2024. Construction of new vessels for the offshore wind markets has fallen short of the boom times forecast only several years ago amid calls for “30 by 30” (30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore power gen- erated by
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 25though indirectly and not linked to navigation concerns, say, for NOAA’s own ? eet. Rather, NOAA hands-off the issue to its Integrated Ocean Observing System which suggests that BOEM include a requirement, as a condition of project ap- proval, that wind companies “must develop a high frequency radar
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35PTI/PTO 30 years ago shaft generators with PTI capability kept container ships sailing at top speed. That purpose gone, PTI/PTO is making a new comeback in more cargo shipping segments, this time for reducing emissions. By Wendy Laursen etro? tting a shaft generator is not an insigni? - the ef? ciency
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 13motion, strikes, riots, and looting, is a new top ? ve risk for the marine and shipping industry this year at 23%. Businesses and their supply chains face considerable geo- political risks with war in Ukraine, con? ict in the Middle East, and ongoing tensions around the world. Political risk in 2023
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 2NO.2 / VOL. 86 / FEBRUARY 2024 26 Photo on this page and on the Cover: Courtesy ARC 22 Marine Power: The Future is Now Departments Matt Hart, Wabtec Corporation, offers insights on how the megatrends of decar- bonization, energy transition and autonomy drive engine innovations. 4 Authors & Contributors By
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 34Feature Marine Simulation All images courtesy Virtual Marine S T R DIMULATOR RAINING IS THE EAL EAL By Eric Haun A legacy of innovation n the commercial maritime and offshore industries, where worker safety and competency are crucial, ef- Virtual Marine’s journey began two decades ago with a sin- fect
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February 2024 - Marine News page: 30Feature Offshore Wind Ørsted “There is momentum in the wind market right now.” Ron MacInnes, President, Seatrium Offshore & Marine USA back the other way, become more mature, more stable, that supply chain, that project pipeline, is going to exist, more evenly distributed, basically, with your risk
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 49“As a WHOI scientist myself 20 years ago, I was ‘customer number one’ and applied early versions of the NBOSI sensor technology to my ? eets of Webb Research, now Teledyne Slocum, gliders, L3Harris (OceanServer) Iver2 vehicles, and Liquid Robotics Wave Gliders.” Dave Frantantoni, CEO calibration.
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 48TECH FEATURE NBOSI SMALL CTD MAKER PACKS A POWERFUL PUNCH NBOSI Neil Brown Ocean Sensors Inc. (NBOSI) has a long history supplying research-quality Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) sensors in a compact, cost-effective and easy-to- integrate package for a range of subsea vehicles, including the
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 41All images copyright Jim McNeill/Global Warrior Since Ice Warrior’s founding 23 years ago, more than 450 that our part can be proven, improved and expanded upon,” people have been trained, helping scientists discover Arctic implored McNeill. By assessing the extent of anthropogenic change and delivering
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 4Editorial bout 12 years ago I was invited to the home of then Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary A Roughead, for “a discussion on unmanned underwater systems.” When I ? rst received the invite, my ? rst thought was © Jason Adelaars MBARI 2023 www.marinetechnologynews.com “how did I get on this
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January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 37WASTEWATER TREATMENT Fish don’t eat steak pie and chips. – Iain Milnes, President, Power Knot Cunard’s Queen Anne will have 26 Power Knot systems installed. Image courtesy Power Knot Image courtesy Power Knot Kirsch, Area Manager for Advanced Wastewater Treatment vent its discharge. President
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January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 28MEET THE CTO emission target. “We decided it’s better to have 3 vessels with dual For the largest ships in the CMB fuel than to have one zero-emission vessel [with ? eet, the focus is on ammonia, as it is no market]. [A zero-emission vessel is] often a cheapest from a production point of white elephant
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January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 10Back to the Drawing Board Predictability, or “Call your Designated Responder Early and Often” By Rik van Hemmen Predictability is the aim of every human, company, or society. OPA90 has been successful in that regard, but due to its Humanity simply strives to increase its level of predictabil- measurable
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November 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 40SEAFLOOR MAPPING All images courtesy Curtin University Digital 3D model of WA Shipwreck he underwater remains of a ship built in Fremantle in reconstruction,” Professor Woods said. 1876 and which sunk off the coast several years later can “The new 3D model of the Star allows the wreck site to be now be
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November 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 4Editorial sit back in amazement at how techno- logical evolution in this industry con- tinues to pick up speed, as things like I Arti? cial Intelligence – with all of its promise and peril – continue to evolve and penetrate subsea tech solutions. As anyone © Jason Adelaars MBARI 2023 www.marinetechnologyn
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December 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 21JUHA KYTÖLÄ, WÄRTSILÄ As maritime faces transcendent changes in terms of decarbonization and automation, Juha Kytölä, Director of R&D and Engineering, Wärtsilä, discusses how this Finnish maritime technology powerhouse is investing in the technologies and facilities that will drive the maritime
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November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 50PHILIPPINE'S FASTCAT FERRIES Photo courtesy Archipelago Philippine Ferries Company/FastCat FASTCAT IS ON A MISSION TO CONNECT THE PHILIPPINES What are the ? rst thoughts to cross your mind when you hear “Philippine ferries”? Old vessels … Unsafe ships … Accidents? If so, that perception is mostly accurate
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November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 39ERIKA GRAZIUSO, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, CROWLEY highly unlikely to see autonomy become vessel returns to shore. “We have al- sel arrives to the port [and an inspec- mainstream during their career. ready done a couple of the tests – proof tor comes onboard]. “Tomorrow – and Graziuso thinks this is an
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November 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 36CIO IN FOCUS mulating best practices from industries outside of because of the synergies of our teams, I have a combined re- maritime has been a mantra in boardrooms and sponsibility. In a nutshell, I'm responsible for the technology conferences for decades, as traditional maritime of the company plus
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 73CSIGNUM www.csignum.com CSignum demonstrated its new Radi- EM Modem earlier this year. The company touts RadiEM as the ? rst platform to use low-frequency elec- tromagnetic (EM) ? elds to transmit more data wirelessly. According to CSignum, RadiEM is the only tech- nology that can transmit data through
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September 2023 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 50MTR 100 Silicon Sensing www.siliconsensing.com Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd is a leader in silicon MEMS gyroscopes, accelerometers and inertial mea- surement systems, focusing on products delivering high performance, ultra-reliability with affordability. The com- pany has supplied more than 25 million