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R/V Gosport (IX-517)
ex
 R/V Pacific Escort II (IX-517) (1990 - 1997)
 R/V Thomas G. Thompson (IX-517) (1989 - 1990)
 R/V Thomas G. Thompson (AGOR-9) (1965 - 1989)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Echo - Lima
 NGEL
Robert D. Conrad Class Oceanographic Research Ship:
  • Laid down, 12 September 1963, at Martinette Marine, Martinette, WI.
  • Launched, 18 July 1964
  • Delivered to the Navy, 1 August 1965, as R/V Thomas G. Thompson (AGOR-9)
  • Leased to University of Washington, 21 September 1965
  • Returned to US Naval custody, date unknown
  • Reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous, 11 December 1989, renamed/redesignated R/V Pacific Escort (II) (IX-517) a general research available for hire from Mare Island Naval Shipyard
  • Relocated to Norfolk Naval Shipyard with the closing of Mare Island Naval Shipyard in October 1996 >li>Renamed R/V Gosport (IX-517), 7 May 1997, a multi-purpose research vessel, available for hire from Norfolk Naval Shipyard
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 27 February 2004
  • Final Disposition, sunk, 14 November 2004 as part of a NATO exercise
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,200 t.(lt) 1,370 t.(fl)
    Length 209'
    Beam 40'
    Draft 16'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement
    14 civilian mariners
    up to 70 scientific party
    Propulsion diesel-electric, three propeller shafts, (low speed diesel engine driving cycloidal propellers, fwd & aft), 2,500shp
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    R/V Thomas G. Thompson (AGOR-9)
    Thomas G. Thompson 45k R/VThomas G. Thompson (AGOR-9) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Thomas G. Thompson 33k R/VThomas G. Thompson (AGOR-9) in the service of the University of Washington, date unknown. University of Washington web site
    R/V Thomas G. Thompson (IX-517)
    Thomas G. Thompson 164k OPNAV Notice 5030 of 11 Dec 1989 directing redesignation of R/V Thomas. G. Thompson (AGOR-9) to R/VThomas G. Thompson (IX-517) Darryl Baker
    Thomas G. Thompson 344k Cover of February 2, 1990 Mare Island Naval Shipyard newspaper "Grapevine" with photo of R/V Thomas. G. Thompson (IX-517) moored at her berth at the yard in February 1990. Darryl Baker
    R/V Pacific Escort (II) (IX-517)
    Thomas G. Thompson 176k Advisement pamphlet for the services of the R/V Pacific Escort (IX 517) while she serviced at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Darryl Baker
    Thomas G. Thompson 396k
    Thomas G. Thompson 395k
    Thomas G. Thompson 305k
    View the Thomas G. Thompson (T-AGOR-9)
    DANFS     history entry at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this Vessel
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Norfolk Naval Shipyard Research Vessel Gosport
    Navy Oceanographic Research Ship (AGOR) Designator Listing

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