TAGS-45 Waters

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Waters, [AGS].

Builder: Avondale, New Orleans, Lousiana, U.S.A.

Launch date: 06 June 1992.

Commission date: 26 May 1993.

Displacement ( tons ): 12.208 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 138,7 x 21 x 6,4

Main machinery: 5 x GM EMD diesels, 2 x Westinghouse ( 7.400 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 13,2.

Range ( miles ): 6.500 at 12 knots.

Complement: MSC: 89 ( 37 officers ), Navy: 6.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Raytheon ARPA, X band, 1 x Raytheon ARPA, S band.

Sonar: General Electric Sea Beam 853E.

Callsign: NWAA ()

Comment: Originally intended to conduct hydrographic and oceanographic surveys. Refitted later to conduct submarine navigation system testing and ballistic-missile flight test support services. Waters replaced the Mizar (T-AGOR 11).