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USNS Assertive (T-AGOS-9)
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USNS Assertive (T-AGOS-9) was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy
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NOAA acquired Ex-USNS Assertive from the United States Navy
on 31 March 2004, intending to replace NOAA David Starr Jordan R444 after the Assertive underwent a conversion for research use to be completed by 2008. The planned NOAA conversion was never carried out because a study conducted by NOAA determined that building a new ship was more cost effective than converting the Assertive and on December 11, 2008 title was transferred from NOAA to MARAD
, then transferred on December 17, 2008 from MARAD
to the Seattle Maritime Academy. The Seattle Maritime Academy will utilize the ship for 30-day at-sea training cruises during the summer months. During the rest of the year, the Assertive will be a dock side engineering laboratory.As of Summer 2009 the Assertive was off limits to students as SMA. Inspection by Instructors and students shows that critical electrical systems are missing and shore power is limited to a section of the engine room.Sea birds have made a home in the bridge area.
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
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NOAA acquired Ex-USNS Assertive from the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
on 31 March 2004, intending to replace NOAA David Starr Jordan R444 after the Assertive underwent a conversion for research use to be completed by 2008. The planned NOAA conversion was never carried out because a study conducted by NOAA determined that building a new ship was more cost effective than converting the Assertive and on December 11, 2008 title was transferred from NOAA to MARAD
Marad
Marad was an ancient Sumerian city. Marad was situated on the west bank of the then western branch of the Upper Euphrates River west of Nippur in modern day Iraq and roughly 50 km southeast of Kish, on the Arahtu River.The city's ziggurat E-igi-kalama was dedicated to Ninurta the god of...
, then transferred on December 17, 2008 from MARAD
Marad
Marad was an ancient Sumerian city. Marad was situated on the west bank of the then western branch of the Upper Euphrates River west of Nippur in modern day Iraq and roughly 50 km southeast of Kish, on the Arahtu River.The city's ziggurat E-igi-kalama was dedicated to Ninurta the god of...
to the Seattle Maritime Academy. The Seattle Maritime Academy will utilize the ship for 30-day at-sea training cruises during the summer months. During the rest of the year, the Assertive will be a dock side engineering laboratory.As of Summer 2009 the Assertive was off limits to students as SMA. Inspection by Instructors and students shows that critical electrical systems are missing and shore power is limited to a section of the engine room.Sea birds have made a home in the bridge area.