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NEWTON (A-367) class

Country of Origin: Britain

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 0 NEWTON-class MISCELLANEOUS AUXILARY (AG)

 Name       Pendant   Launched         Commissioned    Status
 NEWTON     A-367     June 26, 1975    June 17, 1976   Stricken

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NEWTON was originally built for sonar propagation trials. She was also fitted to lay cable over the bow. However, in 2000/20001, she was refitted by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in northwest England to serve as a special operations support ship.

The NEWTON could carry and lay 400 tons of undersea cable and...

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