KILO MOANA (AGOR-26) class

 1 KILO MOANA-class OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH SHIP (AGOR) (SWATH Hull)

 Name           Hull No.   Launched        In Service       Status
 KILO MOANA     AGOR-26    Nov. 17, 2001   March 31, 2003   Active

Over the objections of the Navy, this ship was added to the FY 1997 shipbuilding budget by Congress. Upon completion, she was transferred to the University of Hawaii's School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology, replacing the previous MOANA WAVE (AGOR-22).

The contract for...