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USNS Persistent (T-AGOS-6)
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USNS Persistent (T-AGOS-6) was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy
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Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war
anti-submarine warfare
operations in the 1980s. ex-USNS Persistent is now T/S State of Michigan owned by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration and assigned to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy
, Traverse City, Michigan
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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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Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
operations in the 1980s. ex-USNS Persistent is now T/S State of Michigan owned by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration and assigned to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy
Great Lakes Maritime Academy
The Great Lakes Maritime Academy at Northwestern Michigan College is located on West Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City, Michigan. The academy was established in 1969 to train men and women to be licensed mariners on ships of unlimited tonnage or horsepower; including research vessels, cruise...
, Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was 14,674 at the 2010 census, with 143,372 in the Traverse...
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