HMNZS Resolution
HMNZS ''Resolution'' (A14) was a hydrographic ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Originally the United States Naval Ship USNS ''Tenacious'' (T-AGOS-17), the Stalwart class tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ships, ''Stalwart''-class ocean surveillance ship was used by the United States to locate and track Soviet submarines from 1989 to 1997, when she was transferred to the RNZN for use as a hydrographic survey ship. She served until 27 April 2012. She was subsequently sold to EGS Group, a private surveying company, and renamed RV ''Geo Resolution''. Construction The ship's construction contract was awarded 20 February 1987 to VT Halter Marine, Inc. of Moss Point, Mississippi, under then name ''Intrepid''. Her keel was laid down 26 February 1988, she was launched 17 February 1989 and commissioned as USNS ''Tenacious'' on 29 September 1989. The renaming was prompted by protests from veterans of the ''Essex''-class aircraft carrier , who felt that the surveillanc ...
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