The following is the Jan. 23, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Navy TAGOS-25 Ocean Surveillance Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report The Navy ...

with the first two ships called the USNS Don Walsh (T-AGOS 25) and the USNS Victor Vescovo (T-AGOS 26) respectively. The first of the T-AGOS vessels was procured in 2022, and they were designed to be ...

Walsh's ship is called T-AGOS 25, Vescovo’s T-AGOS 26. Both are currently under construction. For me personally, it was an honor just to attend the ceremony in the Academy’s Dahlgren Hall.