MALDONADO class

 1 MALDONADO-class SALVAGE AND RESCUE TUG (ATR) (German BALTRUM class)

 Name          Pendant No.    Launched         Commissioned      Status

 MALDONADO     23             Feb. 28, 1966    Oct. 15, 1970     Active
   (ex-German NORDERNEY, A-1455)

Configured as a salvage and rescue tug, MALDONADO is primarily employed as an oceanographic research ship. She replaced COMMANDANTE PEDRO CAMPBELL (24) (ex-USS CHICKADEE, MSF-59).

The tug was sold by Germany in early 2002 and then...