USNS Adventurous

	Ex-USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) at Norfolk, Virginia, on July 11, 1992, after her transfer to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) but prior to her commissioning as the NOAA fisheries research ship NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (R 335). She already displays the NOAA paint scheme and logo on her stack, but her hull still is painted Navy gray and still displays her Navy hull number.
History
United States
Name	USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13)
Namesake	Adventurous: Inclined toward bold undertakings
Operator	Military Sealift Command
Ordered	May 4, 1985
Builder	VT Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
Laid down	December 19, 1985
Launched	September 23, 1987
In service	August 19, 1988
Out of service	June 5, 1992
Stricken	June 5, 1992
Fate	Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration June 5, 1992
United States
Name	NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (R 335)
Namesake	Oscar Elton Sette (1900-1972), American fisheries scientist
Acquired	June 5, 1992
Commissioned	January 23, 2003
Home port	Honolulu, Hawaii
Identification	IMO number: 8835097; MMSI number: 303999000; Call letters: WTEE; ;
Status	Active
General characteristics (as U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship)
Class & type	Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship
Displacement	1,565 tons (light) 2,535 tons (full)
Length	224 ft (68 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 hp (1,193 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	33 (15 U.S. Navy personnel, 18 merchant mariners)
General characteristics (as NOAA fisheries research ship)
Class & type	ex-Stalwart-class fisheries research ship
Tonnage	1,486 GT; 786 deadweight tons;
Displacement	1,652 tons light; 2,301 tons full load;
Draft	19.6 ft (6.0 m) (maximum)
Depth	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, 904 tons fuel
Speed	11.0 knots (20 km/h) (emergency); 10 knots (19 km/h) (cruising);
Range	17,487 nautical miles (32,386 km)
Endurance	60 days
Boats & landing; craft carried	1 × 22 ft (6.7 m) rescue boat; 2 × 17 ft (5.2 m) RHIBs; 3 × 18 ft (5.5 m) inflatable boats;
Complement	22 (5 NOAA Corps officers, 3 licensed engineers, and 14 other crew members), plus up to 20 scientists

USNS Adventurous (T-AGOS-13) was a Stalwart-class modified tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship of the United States Navy in service from 1988 to 1992. She was in non-commissioned service in the Military Sealift Command from 1988 to 1992, operating during the final years of the Cold War. She was transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 1992 and in 2003 was commissioned into service with NOAA as the fisheries research ship NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (R 335).