USNS De Steiguer (T-AGOR-12)
USNS De Steiguer (left) with USNS Bartlett at Northwest Marine Iron Works in Portland, Oregon
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USNS De Steiguer |
Namesake | Admiral Louis R. de Steiguer |
Builder | Northwest Marine Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
Laid down | 12 November 1965 |
Launched | 21 March 1966 |
Acquired | by the U.S. Navy, 28 February 1969, as USNS De Steiguer (T-AGOR-12) |
In service | Leased to a university in 1969 |
Out of service | not known |
Stricken | not known |
Identification | IMO number: 7742138 |
Fate | transferred to the Tunisian Navy on 2 November 1992 |
Tunisia | |
Name | Salammbo (A-701) |
Acquired | 2 November 1992 |
Identification | IMO number: 7742138 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship |
Tonnage | 1,520 tons |
Tons burthen | 1,915 tons |
Length | 208' |
Beam | 40' |
Draft | 16' |
Propulsion | diesel-electric, single propeller, 2,500shp, retractable azimuth-compensating bow thruster |
Speed | 12 knots |
Complement | 23 civilian mariners, 38 scientists |
Armament | none |
USNS De Steiguer (T-AGOR-12) was a oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1966. She was a Navy pool vessel assigned to Naval laboratories until she was transferred to the Tunisian Navy in 1992.
Built in Portland, Oregon[]
De Steiguer was built by the , Portland, Oregon. She was laid down on 12 November 1965 and launched on 21 March 1966 and turned over to the Navy on 28 February 1969, as USNS De Steiguer (T-AGOR-12).
Oceanographic service[]
De Steiguer was a U.S. Navy oceanographic research ship assigned to support Naval laboratories.[1] De Steiguer was one of two AGOR ships, the other was Bartlett (T-AGOR 13), assigned as pool vessels for west coast Naval laboratory use according to a 1970 report.[2] Bartlett and De Steiguer were assigned to the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office for operation.[3]
Inactivation[]
On 2 November 1992 De Steiguer was approved under the terms of the Security Assistance Program for a transfer to Tunisia, where she now serves the Tunisian Navy as Salammbo (A-701).
Note[]
There is no information on De Steiguer in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
See also[]
References[]
- Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ships
- Research vessels of the United States Navy
- Ships built in Portland, Oregon
- 1966 ships
- Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Tunisian Navy
- United States naval ship stubs