USNS Capable

USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16) after removal of SURTASS and addition of AN/SPS-40 air search radar for drug interdiction operations.
History
United States
Name	USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16)
Namesake	Capable: Able and efficient
Awarded	20 February 1987
Builder	VT Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
Laid down	17 October 1987
Launched	28 October 1988
In service	9 June 1989
Out of service	14 September 2004
Stricken	14 September 2004
Identification	IMO number: 8835114
Fate	Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 14 September 2004
General characteristics (as U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship)
Class and type	Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship
Displacement	1565 tons (light) 2265 tons (full)
Length	224 ft (68 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp (1,193 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Complement	33 (15 U.S. Navy personnel, 18 civilians)
Armament	none

USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16) was a Stalwart-class modified tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship of the United States Navy in service from 1989 to 2004. In 2008, she was commissioned into service in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as the oceanographic research ship NOAAS Okeanos Explorer (R 337).