Name USNS Bartlett Construction started 18 November 1965 Length 75 m | Laid down 18 November 1965 Launched 24 May 1966 | |
Namesake Commander John R. Bartlett, Hydrographer, U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, Jun 1883 - Jun 1888 Builder Northwest Marine Iron Works, Portland, Oregon Acquired 31 March 1969 and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service In service as USNS Bartlett (T-AGOR-13), date not known | ||
USNS Bartlett (T-AGOR-13) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1969. She was named after oceanographer Captain John R. Bartlett, USN. She was placed in service for a period of time, and in 1993 was transferred to the Navy of Morocco.
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Built in Portland, Oregon
Bartlett was built by the Northwest Marine Iron Works Portland, Oregon. She was laid down on 18 November 1965 and launched on 24 May 1966 and turned over to the Navy on an unknown date as USNS Bartlett (T-AGOR-13) and manned by the Military Sea Transportation Service.
Oceanographic service
Bartlett was placed in service, but the record of her history is not summarized by Navy. The ship is mentioned in oceanographic reports and literature. For example, the ship's use in planting two acoustic sources onto the top of Cobb Seamount between 25 and 30 July 1973 for an experiment is covered in a report of the Naval Research Laboratory. In 1990 the ship spent some time in the North West Atlantic Ocean according to a data set of temperature and salinity measurements collected using CTD/XBT. Bartlett was one of two AGOR ships, the other was De Steiguer (T-AGOR 12), assigned as pool vessels for west coast Naval laboratory use according to a 1970 report. Bartlett and De Steiguer were assigned to the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office for operation.
Inactivation
After being struck from the Navy List on 30 August 1993, Bartlett was approved on 26 July 1993 under the terms of the Security Assistance Program for a transfer to Morocco, where she then entered into service with the Moroccan Navy as Abou El Barakat Al Barbari.