| NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho (A523) | |
|---|---|
 NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho at Pipas port, Azores. | |
| Career (USA) |  |
| Name: | USNS Assurance (T-AGOS-5) |
| In service: | 1 May 1985 |
| Out of service: | 6 January 1995 |
| Struck: | 6 January 1995 |
| Status: | In service as a survey ship |
| Career (Portugal) |  |
| Name: | NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho (A523) |
| Namesake: | Gago Coutinho |
| Acquired: | September 1999. |
| Commissioned: | 1999 |
| In service: | 1999 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Stalwart-class Ocean Surveillance Ship |
| Displacement: | 1565 tons (light) 2535 tons (full) |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Complement: | 20 |
NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho (A523) is a ship of the Portuguese Navy' Dom Carlos I-class survey vessels (ex-US Stalwart-class surveillance ships adapted in Portugal for the execution of hydrography and oceanography surveys). Before the transference to the Portuguese Navy, Almirante Gago Coutinho was the USNS Assurance (T-AGOS-5) surveillance ship of the United States Navy.
History[]
USNS Assurance was a Stalwart-class modified tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship of the United States Navy. Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. In 1999, ex-USNS Assurance was transferred to Portugal and is now NRP Almirante Gago Coutinho survey ship.[1]
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