USNS Sands
ship · Brazil
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- USNS Sands
- IMO number
- 8332112
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1965
- Builder
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- Registered owner
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- Operator
- United States Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About USNS Sands
USNS Sands (T-AGOR-6) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) for the Naval Oceanographic Office from 1965 to 1973. During that period she provided ocean-bottom information and underwater test data to the U.S. Navy and other U.S. agencies. The ship was the second naval vessel to be named for Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Sands and his son Rear Admiral James H. Sands, the first being the destroyer Sands (DD-243). The ship operated in the Atlantic on oceanographic and geophysical assignments for the Oceanographic Office and other agencies. In 1974 the ship was leased to Brazil, renamed Almirante Camara and in 1990 Brazil purchased the ship under the Security Assistance Program. Almirante Camara was engaged in oceanographic work for Brazil in the South Atlantic until retirement in 2003.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is USNS Sands now?
- USNS Sands has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is USNS Sands?
- USNS Sands is a ship sailing under the flag of Brazil, built in 1965.
- Who owns USNS Sands?
- USNS Sands is operated by United States Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has USNS Sands been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for USNS Sands appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).