USNS James M. Gilliss
USNS James M. Gilliss (AGOR-4) on 14 December 1962 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | James M. Gilliss |
| Namesake | James Melville Gilliss, born 6 September 1811 in the District of Columbia |
| Builder | Christy Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
| Laid down | 31 May 1961 |
| Launched | 19 May 1962 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey, wife of the Senator from Minnesota |
| Acquired | by the U.S. Navy, 5 October 1962 |
| In service | 5 November 1962 as USNS James M. Gilliss (T-AGOR-4) |
| Out of service | 1980 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7338339 |
| History | |
| Mexico | |
| Name |
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| In service | 15 June 1983. Loaned to Mexico 15 June 1983, sold to Mexico 4 December 1996 under the Security Assistance Act. |
| Identification | Pennant number: BI-03 |
| Status | Operational 2023 |
| Notes | Based Manzanillo, Colima |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Robert D. Conrad class oceanographic research ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 209 ft (64 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric, single propeller, 2,500shp, retractable azimuth-compensating bow thruster |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Complement | 23 civilian mariners, 38 scientists |
| Armament | None |
USNS James M. Gilliss (T-AGOR-4) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1962. The ship was operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS now MSC) and managed by the Naval Oceanographic Office as one of the "Navy Pool" vessels serving various Navy laboratories and projects in the Atlantic Ocean. After active Navy pool service the ship was assigned to the University of Miami to operate as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet until 1979.
James M. Gilliss was loaned to the Mexican Navy in June 1983 as an oceanographic research ship to become ARM Altair (BI-03). Mexico bought the ship December 1996 under the Security Assistance Act. In 2023 she was renamed ARM Sayulita (BI-03)