T-43 GKS

1 T-43 GKS-class INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION SHIP (AGI)

 Name            Pendant   In service      Status

 ..........      SFP-17    Dec. 9, 1956    Active
   (ex-Russian GKS-17)

Sole survivor of a 17-ship class built on the T-43 class minesweeper hull design to measure the radiated noise of other ships, including submarines, by laying hydrophone arrays via the several small 0.9-ton capacity davits (GKS classification). Converted to a physical fields measurement ships (SFP) in...