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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USNS Bold (T-AGOS-12)
ex
USNS Vigorous (T-AGOS-12) (1989 - )

International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Echo - Yankee NIEY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal - Chief of Naval Operations Letter of Commendation

Stalwart Class Ocean Surveillance Ship:

Laid down, 13 June 1988, at Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA.

Launched, 24 May 1989

Delivered to the Navy, 16 October 1989, assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Vigorous (T-AGOS-12)

Renamed USNS Bold (T-AGOS-12), date unknown

Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 3 March 2004

Transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency, 31 March 2004

Contract awarded, 1 September 2005, to Seaward Services Inc., Dania Beach, FL. to operate and maintain the Environmental Protection Agency's ship U.S EPA-Bold (OSV-224)

Sold, circa August 2013, to Seattle Central Community College Maritime Academy

Specifications:
Displacement 1,565 t.(lt) 2,535t.(fl)
Length 224'
Beam 43'
Draft 15'
Speed 11kts
Armament none
Complement 18 Civilian Mariners,15 Navy
Propulsion diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USNS Bold (T-AGOS-12)
	60k	*USNS Bold* (T-AGOS-12)** departing Hampton Roads, VA., date unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	804k	*USNS Bold* (T-AGOS-12) lies tied up to a pier at the Washington Navy Yard, 20 May 1990. The bow of the destroyer USS Barry (DD-933)** can be seen at left. US Navy photo by Don S. Montgomery.	Robert Hurst
	57k	*USNS Bold* (T-AGOS-12)** moored pierside at Naval Station Rota, Spain, May 2000.	Photo by Laurent LaMarche
	56k	*USNS Bold* (T-AGOS-12)** at Valletta Port, Malta ,12 June 2001.	Photo by Anthony Vella, Senglea, Malta
U.S. EPA-Bold (OSV-224)
09661208	154k	Ex-*USNS Bold* (T-AGOS-12) as the Environmental Protection Agency's vessel U.S. EPA-Bold (OSV-224)** at Fort Popham Beach, Phippsburg, Maine, 8 May 2008. Photo by Cindy Falvey, Phippsburg, Maine, USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency.	Robert Hurst
09661209	132k		Robert Hurst
09661205	138k	Environmental Protection Agency's vessel *U.S. EPA-Bold* (OSV-224)** docked at Port Canaveral, FL, on 10 January 2009. Photo courtesy "Radiofan" (real name not known)	Robert Hurst
09661207	144k	Environmental Protection Agency's vessel *U.S. EPA-Bold* (OSV-224)** moored pierside at Norfolk, VA., 14 August 2010. US National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives Identifier: 5998462, USEPA photo by Eric Vance	Robert Hurst
T/V Bold
09661206	128k	Seattle Central College Maritime Academy training vessel T/V Bold (Ex-Environmental Protection Agency's vessel *U.S. EPA-Bold* (OSV-224) in her berth across from Ex-USNS Assertive (T-AGOS-9)** moored at Lake Union Drydock Co., Seattle, WA., 10 July 2015. Photo by Joe Mabel.	Robert Hurst
09661210	168k	Seattle Central College Maritime Academy training vessel T/V Bold moored at Lake Union Drydock Co., Seattle, WA., 29 September 2015. Photo by Joe Mabel, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.	Robert Hurst