USNS Bartlett (T-AGOR-13)

Career (United States)
Name:	USNS Bartlett
Builder:	Northwest Marine Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
Laid down:	18 November 1965
Launched:	24 May 1966
Acquired:	31 March 1969 and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service
In service:	as USNS Bartlett (T-AGOR-13), date not known
Out of service:	not known
Struck:	30 August 1993
Fate:	transferred to the Moroccan Navy on 26 July 1993
Career (Morocco)
Name:	Abou El Barakat Al Barbari
Status:	in active service, as of 2007
General characteristics
Type:	Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship
Tonnage:	1,520 tons
Tons burthen:	1,915 tons
Length:	245'
Beam:	46'
Draft:	16'
Propulsion:	diesel-electric, single propeller, 2,500shp, retractable azimuth-compensating bow thruster
Speed:	12 knots
Complement:	23 civilian mariners, 38 scientists
Armament:	none

USNS Bartlett (T-AGOR-13) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1969. She was placed in service for a period of time, and in 1993 was transferred to the Navy of Morocco.

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 known.

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.

References

• NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - T-AGOR-13 Bartlett