USNS Narragansett

For other ships with the same name, see USS Narragansett.

History
United States
Name	USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167)
Namesake	The Narragansett, a Native American tribe of the Algonquian language group, historically one of the leading tribes of New England
Builder	Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Laid down	5 May 1977
Launched	12 May 1979
Acquired	9 November 1979
Out of service	18 October 1999
Stricken	5 June 2002
Identification	IMO number: 8834902 MMSI number: 367214000 Callsign: WDB2452
Fate	Leased to commercial service
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	1,387 long tons (1,409 t) light 2,000 long tons (2,032 t) full
Length	226 ft (69 m)
Beam	42 ft (13 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × GM EMD 20-645F7B diesels (5.73 MW sustained), two shafts, bow thruster, 300 hp (224 kW)
Speed	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Complement	16 civilians, 4 navy (communications unit)

USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167) was a Template:Sclass- of the US Navy.

The ship was laid down on 5 May 1977 by the Marinette Marine Corp. of Marinette, Wisconsin. Launched on 12 May 1979, and delivered to the Navy on 9 November 1979, Narragansett was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), and placed in service as USNS Narragansett (T-ATF-167).

She participated in the search for the remains of the downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in 1983.

The ship was placed out of service on 18 October 1999, and assigned to the inactive reserve. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 5 June 2002, she was transferred to Naval Air Systems Command for service as tow/service vessel on 2 August 2002. Narragansett was leased through Naval Sea Systems Command (Supervisor of Salvage), for commercial service. She is currently managed and crewed by Donjon Marine of Hillside, New Jersey and home ported at Pier 80 in San Francisco, California.

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  Narragansett deploys the unmanned submersible Deep Drone during search operations for Korean Airlines Flight 007
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  Narragansett tows decommissioned battleship Missouri to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 3 April 1992

References

• Photo gallery of USNS Narragansett at NavSource Naval History
•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.