Oceanographic Research Ships
(AGOR)
Most recent update: October 28, 2016.
The Navy's oceanographic research ships are almost all post-war builds and most of them were designed and built for their purpose, making this sector a valuable one for the second-tier shipbuilders.
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| Name | Builder | Location | LDT | LOA | Price ($M) | Delivered | Notes | ||
| AGOR-1 | Josiah Willard Gibbs | Lake Washington | Seattle WA | 1,766 | 312 | 15 Dec 1958 | built 1944 as AVP-51, to Greece 1977 as Hephaistos (A-413) | ||
| AGOR-2 | H. U. Sverdrup | Norway | never commissioned in USN | ||||||
| AGOR-3 | Robert D. Conrad | Gibbs | Jacksonville FL | 613 | 1,400 | 209 | 29 Nov 1962 | scrapped 2003 | |
| AGOR-4 | James M. Gillis | Christy Corp. | Sturgeon Bay WI | 415 | 1,400 | 209 | 5 Nov 1962 | to Mexico 1983 as Altair (H-05) | |
| AGOR-5 | Charles H. Davis | Christy Corp. | Sturgeon Bay WI | 416 | 1,400 | 209 | 25 Jan 1963 | to New Zealand 1970 as Tui (A-2), reefed 1999 off Tutukaka | |
| AGOR-6 | Sands | Marietta Mfg | Point Pleasant WV | 911 | 1,400 | 209 | 13 Nov 1964 | to Brazil 1990 as ALM Camara (H-41) | |
| AGOR-7 | Lynch | Marietta Mfg | Point Pleasant WV | 912 | 1,400 | 209 | 23 Jul 1965 | scrapped 2001 | |
| AGOR-8 | Eltanin | Avondale | New Orleans LA | 801 | 1,850 | 266 | 23 Aug 1962 | built 1957 as AK-270, to Argentina 1974 as Islas Orcadas, scrapped 1979 | |
| AGOR-9 | Thomas G. Thompson | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 409 | 1,400 | 209 | 1 Aug 1965 | Gosport (IX-517) 1997, sunk as target 2004 | |
| AGOR-10 | Thomas Washington | Marinette Marine | Marinette WI | 410 | 1,400 | 209 | 17 Sep 1965 | to Chile 1992 as Vidal Gormaz (AGOR 60), scrapped 2012 | |
| AGOR-11 | Mizar | Avondale | New Orleans LA | 802 | 1,850 | 266 | 15 Apr 1964 | built 1957 as AK-272, to NDRF 1992, scrapped 2005 | |
| AGOR-12 | De Steiguer | Northwest Marine | Portland OR | 53 | 1,520 | 245 | 4.2 | 28 Feb 1969 | to Tunisia 1992 as Salammbo (A-701) |
| AGOR-13 | Bartlett | Northwest Marine | Portland OR | 54 | 1,520 | 245 | 4.2 | 31 Mar 1969 | to Morocco 1993 as Abou el Barakat al Barbari (A-702) |
| AGOR-14 | Melville | Defoe Sbldg. | Bay City MI | 442 | 2,670 | 279 | 5.9 | 1 Aug 1969 | to the Philippines 2016 as Gregorio Velasquez |
| AGOR-15 | Knorr | Defoe Sbldg. | Bay City MI | 443 | 2,670 | 279 | 5.9 | 14 Jan 1970 | to Mexico 2016 as Rio Tecolutla |
| AGOR-16 | Hayes | Todd Seattle | Seattle WA | 47 | 2,329 | 246 | 14.0 | 21 Jul 1971 | AG-195 1992, to NISMF Philadelphia 2008 |
| AGOR-17 | Chain | Basalt Rock Co. | Napa CA | 1,900 | 213 | 15 Apr 1967 | built 1944 as ARS-20, scrapped 1979 | ||
| AGOR-18 | Snatch | Basalt Rock Co. | Napa CA | 1,900 | 213 | 15 Apr 1967 | built 1944 as ARS-27, renamed Argo 1967, scrapped 1971 | ||
| AGOR-21 | Gyre | Halter Marine | Moss Point MS | 375 | 950 | 165 | 14 Nov 1973 | assigned to Texas A. & M., sold 2005 and reflagged Vanuatu | |
| AGOR-22 | Moana Wave | Halter Marine | Moss Point MS | 376 | 950 | 165 | 16 Jan 1974 | assigned to U. of Hawaii, sold 1999 | |
| AGOR-23 | Thomas G. Thompson | Halter Marine | Moss Point MS | 1148 | 2,100 | 274 | 20.8 | 8 Jul 1991 | assigned to U. of Washington |
| AGOR-24 | Roger Revelle | Halter Marine | Moss Point MS | 1358 | 2,100 | 274 | 34.6 | 11 Jun 1996 | assigned to Scripps Institution |
| AGOR-25 | Atlantis | Halter Marine | Moss Point MS | 1416 | 2,100 | 274 | 33.6 | 25 Feb 1998 | assigned to Woods Hole Institution |
| AGOR-26 | Kilo Moana | Atlantic Marine | Jacksonville FL | 244 | 2,500 | 274 | 42.0 | 21 May 2002 | assigned to U. of Hawaii |
| AGOR-27 | Neil Armstrong | Dakota Creek | Anacortes WA | 58 | 3,204 | 238 | 74.1 | 23 Sep 2015 | assigned to Woods Hole Institution |
| AGOR-28 | Sally Ride | Dakota Creek | Anacortes WA | 59 | 3,204 | 238 | 70.9 | 1 Jul 2016 | assigned to Scripps Institution |