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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USNS Persistent (T-AGOS-6)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Sierra - Juliet NFSJ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Stalwart Class Ocean Surveillance Ship:

Laid down, 22 October 1984, at Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA.

Launched, 6 April 1985

Delivered to the Navy, 14 August 1985

Assigned to MSC and placed in service as USNS Persistent (T-AGOS-6)

Placed out of service, 12 October 1994 and transferred to the US Coast Guard

Struck from the Naval Register, 6 January 1995

Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal, date unknown

Acquired by the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Traverse City, MI.

Re-fitted by Petersen Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI.

Renamed T/S State of Michigan began service in 2004 as the training ship for the academy

Homeported at Traverse City

Specifications:
Displacement 1,565 t.(lt) 2,535t.(fl)
Length 224'
Beam 43'
Draft 15'
Speed 11 kts.
Complement 18 Civilian 15 Navy
Propulsion diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USNS Persistent (T-AGOS-6)
	400k	Elevated port bow view of *USNS Persistent* (T-AGOS-6)** under way, 1 December 1985, location unknown. US DOD photo # DNSC8603311 from the Defense Visual Information Center.	National Museum of the US Navy
	292k	Elevated port bow view of *USNS Persistent* (T-AGOS-6)** under way, 1 December 1985, location unknown. US DOD photo # DNSC8603310.	National Museum of the US Navy
TS State of Michigan
	126k	Ex-*USNS Persistent* (T-AGOS-6)** in service as the Great Lakes Maritime Academy training ship TS State of Michigan, in her berth at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Traverse City, MI., date unknown.	Robert Hurst
09660609	62k	Northwestern Michigan College's Great Lakes Campus as seen from Bryant Park in Traverse City, Michigan, also showing the Great Lakes Maritime Academy's teaching vessel, TS State of Michigan, 24 February 2007. Photo David J. Fred, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic.	Robert Hurst
09660605	135k	TS State of Michigan moored pierside at Great Lakes Maritime Academy, 9 May 2008. Photo by starscream1211 (real name unknown), https://web.archive.org/web/20161020083748/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19858471	Robert Hurst
	192k	TS State of Michigan moored at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy pier at Northwest Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, 21 August 2011. Note the pilothouse of the old freighter *Pontiac* in the foreground. Photo by Royalbroil (real name unknown).	Robert Hurst
09660606	97k	TS State of Michigan downbound in the Poe Lock, Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., 20 June 2012. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District photo by Michelle Hill	Robert Hurst
09660608	94k	TS State Michigan underway on the Detroit River heading towards Belle Isle, 21 May 2013. Photo by jodelli, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.	Robert Hurst
09660607	149k	A crew from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, MI., conducts hoist training with Great Lakes Maritime Academy cadets aboard the training vessel T/S State of Michigan in Grand Traverse Bay, 11 May 2015. The training allows the helicopter crew to simulate hoisting from larger commercial vessels while preparing the cadets for real-life scenarios. U.S Coast Guard photo 150511-G-ZZ999-001, courtesy of Air Station Traverse City.	Robert Hurst