USNS Bartlett
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USNS Bartlett (T-AGOR-13) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy (USN) in 1969. She was named after oceanographer Captain John R. Bartlett of the USN. Bartlett was one of the ships under the technical direction of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) operating as an Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) program "pool" ship for support of Navy laboratories on each coast as well as NAVOCEANO projects. The ship was first assigned to support laboratories on the West Coast with last operations in similar support on the East Coast and Atlantic.
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USNS Bartlett (T-AGOR-13) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USNS Bartlett |
Namesake | John R. Bartlett[1] |
Awarded | 12 July 1965 |
Builder | Northwest Marine Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
Yard number | 54 |
Laid down | 18 November 1965 |
Launched | 24 May 1966 |
Acquired | 31 March 1969 and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service |
Stricken | 30 August 1993 |
Identification | T-AGOR-13 |
Fate | Transferred to the Royal Moroccan Navy on 26 July 1993 |
Morocco | |
Name | Abou El Barakat Al Barbari |
Identification | IMO number: 7742114 |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship |
Tonnage | 1,520 tons |
Length | 208 ft (63.4 m)[2][3][note 1] |
Beam | 39 ft (11.9 m)[3] |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, single propeller, 2,500 shp (1,900 kW), retractable azimuth-compensating bow thruster |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 23 civilian mariners, 38 scientists |
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In 1993 the ship was transferred to the Royal Moroccan Navy.