NOAAS Gordon Gunter (R 336)
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Ex-USNS Relentless (T-AGOS-18), moored at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) pier in Norfolk, Virginia, on 4 July 1993, after she was stricken by the U.S. Navy but prior to her commissioning as the NOAA fisheries research ship NOAAS Gordon Gunter (R 336).
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| Name: | USNS Relentless (T-AGOS-18) |
| Namesake: | : Unyielding in severity; unremitting, steady, and persistent |
| Operator: | Military Sealift Command |
| Awarded: | 20 February 1987 |
| Builder: | VT Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 22 April 1988 |
| Launched: | 12 May 1989 |
| In service: | 12 January 1990 |
| Out of service: | 17 March 1993 |
| Struck: | 20 May 1993 |
| Fate: | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 17 March 1993 |
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| Name: | NOAAS Gordon Gunter (R 336) |
| Namesake: | Dr. Gordon Gunter (1909–1998), American marine biologist and fisheries scientist who pioneered marine research and education in the northern Gulf of Mexico |
| Acquired: | 17 March 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 28 August 1998 |
| Homeport: | Pascagoula, Mississippi |
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| Status: | Active in NOAA Atlantic Fleet |
| General characteristics (as U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship) | |
| Class and type: | Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship |
| Displacement: | 1,565 tons (light) 2,535 tons (full) |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement: | 33 (15 U.S. Navy personnel and 18 civilians) |
| General characteristics (as NOAA oceanographic research ship) | |
| Class and type: | ex-Stalwart-class fisheries research ship |
| Displacement: | 2,323 tons |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) |
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one 18-foot (5.5-m) RHIB |
| Complement: | 20 (6 NOAA Corps officers, 3 licensed engineers, and 11 other crew members), plus up to 15 scientists |
USNS Relentless (T-AGOS-18) was a Stalwart-class modified tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship in service in the United States Navy from 1990 to 1993. Since 1998, she has been in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet as the fisheries research ship NOAAS Gordon Gunter (R 336).
The U.S. Navy ordered Relentless from VT Halter Marine, Inc., on 20 February 1987. VT Halter Marine laid her down at Moss Point, Mississippi, on 22 April 1988, launched her on 12 May 1989, and delivered her to the U.S. Navy on 12 January 1990.
On the day of her delivery, the U.S. Navy placed the ship in non-commissioned service in the Military Sealift Command as USNS Relentless (T-AGOS-18). Like the other Stalwart-class ships, she was designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold War anti-submarine warfare operations against Soviet Navy submarines using Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) sonar equipment. She operated with a mixed crew of U.S. Navy personnel and civilian merchant mariners.
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