RIO SUCHIATE (BI-05) class

Country of Origin: Mexico

ship list


 1 RIO SUCHIATE-class OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH SHIP (AGOR)

 Name             Pendant   Launched        Commissioned    Status

 RIO SUCHIATE     BI-05     April 3, 1943   Nov. 11, 1943   Active
   (ex-Mexican H-07; ex-Mexican A-27; ex-U.S. MONOB ONE, YAG-61;
    ex-U.S. IX-309; ex-U.S. YW-87)

description

She was originally built as a water tanker of the U.S. YW-83 class. Modified in 1959 to support the ballistic missile submarine silencing program. She was taken out of service and stricken...

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