Mizar (T-AGOR-11)

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USNS Mizar
The Y-AGOR-11 in the 1980s
The Y-AGOR-11 in the 1980s
Ship data
flag United StatesUnited States United States
Ship type Cargo ship research ship
class Eltanin class
Shipyard Avondale Shipyard , Avondale
Launch October 7, 1957
Whereabouts Wrecked in 2005
Ship dimensions and crew
length
81.0 (266 feet) m ( Lüa )
width 15.8 (52 feet) m
Draft Max. 5.4 (18 feet) m
displacement 1850 construction, 3886 maximum
measurement 2486 GRT
 
crew 42
Machine system
machine 2 × 12-cylinder Alco - diesel-electric engines
Machine
performance
3200 hp
Top
speed
13 kn (24 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament

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The USNS Mizar (T-AK-272 / T-AGOR-11) was a ship in the United States Navy . The name is derived from Stern Mizar .

Construction and technical data

The ship was built in 1957 at Avondale Marine Ways in Avondale (Louisiana) as a cargo ship for icy areas and was after the Eltanin and the Mirfak the third of the three sister ships of the Eltanin class . The Mizar was on 1 January 1957 laid down on and ran on October 7, 1957 from the stack . The hull is of type C1-ME2-13a according to the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) as an ice class cargo ship with a reinforced bow.

It was 81.0 meters long, 15.8 meters wide and had a maximum draft of 5.4 meters. She was measured at 2486 GRT and had a design displacement of 1850 tons (3886 t maximum). The drive consisted of two 12-cylinder diesel-electric motors from Alco , the combined output of which was 3,200 hp . These acted on two screws , the ship reached a speed of 13.0 knots . The crew consisted of 42 men.

history

The Mizar entered service in March 1958 and drove under the command of the Military Sea Transportation Service , mostly in the waters of Canada and Greenland , to supply the military bases there. Only in 1961 did the ship go on one voyage in Antarctica . In memory of this mission, the Mizar Nunatakker have had her name since 1965 .

In 1963 the Mizar was rebuilt and put back into service in 1964 as the T-AGOR-11 . The ship is now sailing under the Naval Research Laboratory and was a deep - research vessel . Among other things, the Mizar had a deep-sea probe with searchlights, camera, magnetometer and sonar . The Mizar helped in the search for the two lost nuclear submarines of the Navy, the USS Thresher (SSN-593) in 1963 and the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) in 1968. The Mizar also searched for Soviet submarines like the K-129 .

In 1975 the ship was placed under the Military Sealift Command and modified further in 1980. In the 1990s, the ship was withdrawn from active service and reclassified as AK-272 . The ship was placed under the reserve fleet and in 2005 the order to demolish the ship was issued.

literature

Web links

Commons : USNS Mizar (T-AGOR-11)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence