USNS Robert D. Conrad
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Robert D. Conrad |
| Namesake | Robert Dexter Conrad, graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, born on 20 March 1905 in Orange, Massachusetts |
| Owner | United States Navy |
| Operator | Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University |
| Builder | Gibbs Systems Inc., Jacksonville, Florida |
| Laid down | 19 January 1961 |
| Launched | 26 May 1962 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Edmund B. Taylor |
| Acquired | 29 November 1962 |
| In service | 29 November 1962 |
| Out of service | 4 October 1989 |
| Stricken | 4 October 1989 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7742140 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 27 April 2004 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship |
| Tonnage | 1,200 tons |
| Tons burthen | 1,370 tons |
| Length | 209 ft (64 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion | diesel-electric, single propeller, 2,500shp, retractable azimuth-correcting bow thruster |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Complement | 23 civilian mariners, 38 scientists |
| Armament | none |
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Robert D. Conrad (T-AGOR-3) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship that operated from 1962 to 1989. The ship, while Navy owned, was operated as the R/V Robert D. Conrad by the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University from delivery to inactivation. The ship provided valuable ocean-bottom, particularly seismic profile, information and underwater test data to the U.S. Navy and other U.S. agencies.