The Ocean Survey Vessel Bold was operated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Originally commissioned as the USNS Vigorous, it was renamed USNS Bold and was a Stalwart-class Auxiliar
OSV Bold docked in Port Canaveral, Florida.
USNS Bold (T-AGOS-12) at the Washington Navy Yard
Bold at Lake Union Drydock in 2015
Bold Explorer off Kauai, 25 December 2023
The Military Sealift Command is an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the United States Navy. Military Sealift Command has the responsibility for providing se
USNS Bold
…commissioned as the USNS Vigorous, it was renamed USNS Bold (T-AGOS-12) and was a Stalwart-class Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance ship of the Military Sealift Command of the United States Navy, as designated by the "T" preface to her AGOS classification. Stalwart-class ships were originally designed to collect…
Rear Admiral Philip E. Sobeck, commander of Military Sealift Command.
MSC ships are identified by the blue and gold stripes on their stacks.
An Oiler conducts a replenishment-at-sea with USCGC Stratton, 2012
A Fleet Oiler (formerly the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force) ship, USNS Kanawha, bearing the blue-and-gold stripes on its stack