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USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Romeo - Golf
 NTRG

HMNZS Resolution (A-14)

International Radio Call Sign:
Zulu - Mike - Romeo - Sierra
 ZMRS

USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17) was transferred to New Zealand, renamed HMNZS Resolution (A-14)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Stalwart Class Ocean Surveillance Ship:
  • Laid down, 26 February 1988, at Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, MS.
  • Launched, 17 February 1989
  • Delivered to the Navy, 29 September 1989
  • Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Intrepid (T-AGOS-17) Renamed Tenacious (T-AGOS-17), date unknown
  • Placed out of service and transferred under the Security Assistance Program to New Zealand, 10 October 1996, renamed HMNZS Resolution (A-14)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 6 February 1997
  • Decommissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy, 27 April 2012
  • Current Disposition, for sale
    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
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    USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17)
    Tenacious 301k USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17) (white) and USNS Contender (T-AGOS-2) (gray) moored at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI., June 1991.
    US DOD # DNSC9203824 photo by OS2 John Bouvia USN, from the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 National Museum of the US Navy
    Tenacious 42k Four U.S. Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopters, an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter and two AH-1 Cobra helicopters fly over Bishop`s Point where USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17) is moored at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI., June 1991.
    US DOD # DNSC9203824 photo by OS2 John Bouvia USN, from the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Peter Westdijk
    HMNZS Resolution (A-14)
    Tenacious 60k Ex-USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17) in the service of New Zealand as HMNZS Resolution (A-14) underway, date and location unknown. Derick S. Hartshorn
    Tenacious 968k HMNZS Resolution (A-14) moored pierside, 30 September 2005, location unknown.
    Photo by Ross Browne.    		 Robert Hurst
    Tenacious
    09661705-    		 190k HMNZS Resolution (A-14) being overhauled in the Calliope Dock at the Devonport Naval Base, Auckland, New Zealand, 2 July 2008.
    Photo courtesy of Ingolfson. I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.     		Robert Hurst
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