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|Ship caption=''Assertive'' at Seattle Maritime Academy, 2009
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|2004}}
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|Ship ordered=20 January 1982
|Ship builder=[[Tacoma Boatbuilding Company]]
|Ship laid down=30 July 1985
|Ship launched=20 June 1986
|Ship acquired=9 September 1986
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|Ship struck=3 March 2004
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|Ship identification=*{{IMO Number|8835504}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: NAFY
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|Ship status=Transferred to [[Seattle Maritime Academy]] 17 December 2008
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|Ship class=[[Stalwart class ocean surveillance ship|''Stalwart''-class ocean surveillance ship]]
|Ship displacement=2535 tons
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|Ship complement=* Officers: 7
*Enlisted: 13
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'''USNS ''Assertive'' (T-AGOS-9)''' was a [[Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship|''Stalwart''-class]] Modified Tactical Auxiliary General [[Ocean Surveillance Ship]] of the [[United States Navy]].

[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] acquired ex-USNS ''Assertive'' from the [[United States Navy]] on 31 March 2004, intending to replace NOAA ''David Starr Jordan'' R444 after the ''Assertive'' underwent a conversion for research use to be completed by 2008.<ref name=NOAAfleet>{{cite web |url=http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/archive/july2004/fleet.ppt |title=Report of NOAA's Ship Platform Requirements FY 2003–FY 2012 |last=Manzo |first=Stephen H. |date=29 July 2004 |page=28 |website=[[Office of Coast Survey]] |access-date=28 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628035021/http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/archive/july2004/fleet.ppt |archive-date=28 June 2006}}</ref> The planned NOAA conversion was never carried out because a study conducted by NOAA determined that building a new ship was more cost effective than converting the ''Assertive'' and on December 11, 2008 title was transferred from NOAA to [[United States Maritime Administration|MARAD]], then transferred on December 17, 2008 from MARAD to the [[Seattle Maritime Academy]].<ref name=NOAAfleet2>{{cite web |url=http://www.omao.noaa.gov/publications/08_ship_recap_plan.pdf |title=FY 2010 to FY 2024 NOAA Ship Recapitalization Plan |website=NOAA |access-date=28 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114145107/http://www.omao.noaa.gov/publications/08_ship_recap_plan.pdf |archive-date=14 January 2009}}</ref>

The Seattle Maritime Academy intended to utilize the ship for 30-day at-sea training cruises during the summer months. During the rest of the year, the ''Assertive'' would be a dock side engineering laboratory. As of Summer 2009 the ''Assertive'' was off limits to students at SMA. Inspection by instructors and students shows that critical electrical systems are missing and shore power is limited to a section of the engine room. Sea birds have made a home in the bridge area.<ref name=SMA>{{cite web |url=http://blog.seattlecentral.edu/2008/12/former-ocean-surveillance-ship-arrives.html |title=Former Ocean Surveillance Ship Arrives at SMA |date=29 December 2008 |website=[[Seattle Central College]] |access-date=28 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223015201/http://blog.seattlecentral.edu/2008/12/former-ocean-surveillance-ship-arrives.html |archive-date=23 February 2009}}</ref> As of October 2012, the ''Assertive'' has been listed for sale.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dockstreetbrokers.com/listing_detail.php?id=1978 |title=Vessels |website=Dock Street Brokers |access-date=2012-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201212800/http://www.dockstreetbrokers.com/listing_detail.php?id=1978 |archive-date=2014-02-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
{{Commons category|Assertive (ship, 1986)}}
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*{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AGOS9}}}}
*{{navsource|09/66/6609|USNS Assertive}} 

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