Noaas Hi'Ialakai (R 334)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hi'ialakai was laid down as the United States Navy Military Sealift Command Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship USNS Vindicator (T-AGOS-3) on 14 April 1984 by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company at Tacoma, Washington, and launched on 1 June 1984. Vindicator was delivered to the U.S. Navy on 26 November 1984. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1993 and transferred to the United States Coast Guard, in which she served as medium endurance cutter USCGC Vindicator (WMEC-3). In October 2001, Vindicator was transferred to NOAA. After conversion into an oceanographic research ship, she was commissioned into NOAA service as NOAAS Hi'ialakai (R 334).

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