PREVAIL (IX-537) class

 1 PREVAIL-class UNCLASSIFIED MISCELLANEOUS (IX) (U.S. STALWART class)

 Name           Hull No.  Launched        In service      Status

 PREVAIL        IX-537    Dec. 7, 1985    March 5, 1986   Active
   (ex-USNS, TAGOS-8)

Originally built as a surveillance towed array sonar system (SURTASS) ship. With the end of the Cold War, this class of ship became expendable (see "STALWART class" under separate data base). The program has suffered from significant cost increases over...