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oceanographic survey ship
USNS Waters is documented in the equipment reference catalogue. It was built by Avondale Industries, Inc., New Orleans , Louisiana.
USNS Waters
4 April 1990
Avondale Industries, Inc., New Orleans , Louisiana
21 May 1991
6 June 1992
26 May 1993
1998
IMO number : 8982266 MMSI number : 367851000 Callsign : NWAA
In active service
12,250 t.(fl)
457 ft (139 m)
69 ft (21 m)
26 ft 10 in (8.18 m) (max)
diesel-electric drive, twin shafts 7,400 shaft horsepower
14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
32 civilians and 68 sponsors
oceanographic survey ship
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USNS Waters equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United StatesUS Navy exact named Waters equipment holdings under LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT, AGE. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. This is the named service only, not a national or parent-force total, factory production, ordered future units or combat-readiness measure. Weapons per vessel, crews, payloads and capacity counts are excluded. The own article explicitly identifies this class or individual and equipment role; no parent or sibling quantity is inherited.