EMIL RACOVITA (115) class

 1 EMIL RACOVITA-class INTELLIGENCE-COLLECTION SHIP (AGI)

 Name             Pendant    Commissioned     Status
 EMIL RACOVITA    115        Oct. 30, 1977    Active

Designed as an oceanographic research ship (AGOR), the vessel has been used primarily as an intelligence-collection ship. The EMIL RACOVITA is a near-sister to the Romanian salvage and oceanographic research ship GRIGORE ANTIPA.

HULL: The hull is based on a converted merchant ship design. It is 230 ft (70.1 m) long,...