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GOSPORT (IX-517) class

Country of Origin: USA

ship list


 0 Converted ROBERT D. CONRAD class UNCLASSIFIED MISCELLANEOUS (IX)

 Name             Hull No.   Launched         In Service       Status
 "GOSPORT"        IX-517     July 18, 1964    Sept. 4, 1965    Sunk
   (ex-U.S. "PACIFIC ESCORT"; ex-THOMAS G. THOMPSON, AGOR-9)

description

Vessels of the ROBERT D. CONRAD class (see separate entry) were the U.S. Navy's first built-for-the-purpose oceanographic research ships. The ships vary in detail, each with differing bridge, side structure,...

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