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MELVILLE (AGOR-14) class

Country of Origin: USA


 0 MELVILLE-class OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH SHIPS (AGOR)

 Name        Hull No.    Launched         Commissioned      Status
 MELVILLE    AGOR-14     July 10, 1968    Aug. 27, 1969     Trans/Philippines
 KNORR       AGOR-15     Aug. 21, 1968    Jan. 14, 1970     Trans/Mexico

These large research ships have essentially the same capabilities as the previous ROBERT D. CONRAD (AGOR 3) class. Two sister ships of this class, AGOR-19 and AGOR-20, were canceled on Feb. 24, 1969.

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