Effective II (T-AGOS-21)
1993–
The second U.S. Navy ship named for a general word classification. The first Effective, a minesweeper (AM-92), was reclassified to PC-1596 -- a submarine chaser -- on 1 June 1944, and served from 1942–1946.
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(T-AGOS-21: displacement 3,384; length 235'; beam 94'; draft 25'; speed 10 knots; complement 34; armament none; class Victorious)
The second Effective (T-AGOS-21) was laid down on 15 February 1991 at Morgan City, La., by McDermott Shipyards; launched on 26 September 1991; sponsored by Mrs. Janet R. S. King, wife of Craig S. King, General Counsel of the Department of the Navy; and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) on 27 January 1993.
Effective is an MSC-manned ocean surveillance ship that uses primarily the AN/UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) to gather underwater acoustical data. The command operates the ship as part of its Special Mission Ships Program, using her to support the antisubmarine warfare mission of the commanders of the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets. In addition, Effective carries electronic equipment to process and transmit that data via satellites to shore stations for evaluation. She is built on a small-waterplane, twin-hull design for greater stability at slow speeds in high latitudes under adverse weather conditions.
Detailed history under construction.
Mark L. Evans
4 November 2015
