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T-AGOS-2 Contender

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Stalwart Class Ocean Surveillance Ship:
  • Laid down, 10 January 1983, at Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA.
  • Launched, 20 December 1983
  • Delivered to the Navy, 9 June 1984
  • Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Contender (T-AGOS-2)
  • Placed Out of Service, 1 October 1992 and custody assumed by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Transferred by MARAD to the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. for service as a training ship, renamed M/V Kings Pointer, date unknown.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 11 December 1992
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,565 t.(lt) 2,535t.(fl)
    Length 224'
    Beam 43'
    Draft 15'
    Speed 11kts.
    Complement 18 civilian 15 navy
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600hp
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    USNS Contender (T-AGOS-2)
    Tenacious 42k Contender (T-AGOS-2) (gray) and Tenacious (T-AGOS-17) (white) moored at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI. in June 1991.
    US DOD # DNSC9203824 photo by OS2 John Bouvia USN, from the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Peter Westdijk
    (MARAD) M/V Kings Pointer
    Contender 39k Ex-Contender (T-AGOS-2) now in service as M/V Kings Pointer, a training ship at the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., moored pierside at the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., date unknown. US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y.
    Contender 367k M/V Kings Pointer tied up at the National Oceanographic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dock on the Elizabeth River, at Norfolk, VA., 4 July 1999.
    US Navy photo # 990704-N-4912M-001 by Don S. Montgomery, now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Bill Gonyo
    There is no DANFS History currently available for Contender (T-AGOS-2) at Navsource
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