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{{Short description|Royal New Zealand Navy surveillance ship}}
{{other ships|HMS Resolution|Tenacious (disambiguation){{!}}Tenacious}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2013}}
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|Ship country=[[United States]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|naval}}
|Ship name=USNS ''Tenacious''
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|Ship ordered=20 February 1987
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|Ship builder=[[VT Halter Marine, Inc.]], [[Moss Point, Mississippi]]
|Ship laid down=26 February 1988
|Ship launched=17 February 1989
|Ship commissioned=29 September 1989
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|Ship struck=6 February 1997
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|Ship fate=Sold to New Zealand
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|Ship country=[[New Zealand]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|New Zealand|naval}}
|Ship name=HMNZS ''Resolution''
|Ship namesake=Cook's sloop ''Resolution''
|Ship acquired=6 February 1997
|Ship commissioned=13 February 1997
|Ship recommissioned=
|Ship decommissioned=27 April 2012
|Ship homeport=[[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]]<ref name="HMNZS">HMNZS Resolution – ''Navy Today'', Defence Public Relations Unit, Issue 133, 8 June, Page 30</ref>  
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|Ship country=[[Hong Kong]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Hong Kong|civil}}
|Ship owner=EGS Group
|Ship name=RV ''Geo Resolution''
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|Ship acquired=11 October 2014
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|Ship homeport=Hong Kong  
|Ship identification=*{{IMO Number|8835243}}
*{{MMSI Number|512000200}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: ZMRS
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|Ship class=[[Stalwart class tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance ships|''Stalwart''-class ocean surveillance ship]]
|Ship displacement=2,262 [[tonne]]s
|Ship length={{convert|68|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|13|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|4.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*Four Caterpillar D398B diesel generators 3,200 [[horsepower|hp]] (2.4 [[megawatt|MW]])
*Twin shafts
*Bow thruster 550 hp (410 kW)
|Ship speed={{convert|11|kn}}
|Ship range={{convert|21500|nmi}}
|Ship complement=*41 (7 officers, 34 ratings)
*Max accommodation: 45
|Ship boats=[[SMB Adventure|(SMB) ''Adventure'']]
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'''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 {{USS|Intrepid|CV-11|6}}, who felt that the surveillance ship was not a fitting vessel to carry on the carrier's name.<ref>[http://news.usni.org/2013/04/23/twenty-six-us-navy-ship-naming-controversies USNI News:Twenty Six US Navy Ship Naming Controversies]</ref>

==Operational history==

===United States===
[[File:USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17).jpg|left|thumb|''Tenacious'' (foreground) and sister ship {{USNS|Contender|T-AGOS-2|2}} tied up at [[Bishop's Point]], [[Pearl Harbor]], in 1991]]
During the [[Cold War]], [[Ocean Surveillance Ship]]s patrolled the world's oceans searching for [[Soviet Navy]] submarines. Data was collected using the [[Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System]] (SURTASS), consisting of listening devices and electronic equipment that transmit the acoustic data via satellite to shore for analysis. SURTASS is a linear array of {{convert|8575|ft|m}} deployed on a {{convert|6000|ft|m|adj=on}} tow cable and neutrally buoyant. The array could operate at depths between {{convert|500|and|1500|ft|m}}.

''Tenacious'' was stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] and sold to New Zealand on 6 February 1997.

===New Zealand===
On commissioning into the RNZN on 13 February 1997, the ship was renamed HMNZS ''Resolution'', after the sailing sloop {{HMS|Resolution|1771|6}}, used by [[James Cook]] during his [[Second voyage of James Cook|second]] and [[Third voyage of James Cook|third]] voyages of exploration, in recognition of the extensive [[hydrographic survey]] work done by Cook.<ref name=PRbonvoyage/> ''Resolution'' replaced HMNZ Ships {{HMNZS|Tui|1970|2}} and {{HMNZS|Monowai|A06|2}} as the navy's primary survey and acoustic research vessel.<ref name=PRbonvoyage/> She undertook various marine survey tasks, including for the [[Land Information New Zealand]] agency.<ref name="HMNZS"/> [[SMB Adventure|SMB ''Adventure'']] was operated by ''Resolution'' as a tender and [[survey motor boat]].

''Resolution'' sponsored a scholarship for under-privileged high school students to participate in a 10-day passage on the sail training ship ''[[Spirit of New Zealand]]''. On occasion, university and high school students were embarked aboard ''Resolution'' as part of the 'Students at Sea' programme.<ref name="HMNZS"/>

On 22 February 2011, ''Resolution'' was underway off Christchurch when the [[2011 Canterbury earthquake]] occurred. NZ Navy Today said later : '..the feeling onboard was that the engines had been set in full astern with associated shuddering and shaking. It was only when a dust cloud over Christchurch was observed and chatter on VHF soon alerted the bridge team of the enormity of the disaster. With Captain Dean McDougall (CTU 654.0.1, Captain Fleet Operational Support) in an established headquarters on HMNZS Canterbury in Lyttelton, ''Resolution'' reported for duty and was subsequently called in to conduct a hydrographic confidence survey of the main channel into the [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Port of Lyttelton]].<ref>S/Lt Dave Jaquiery, 'End of an Era,' Navy Today, April–May 2012, 12.</ref>

''Resolution'' was decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 27 April 2012.<ref name=PRbonvoyage>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title="Bon Voyage Wellington" - Last Visit from HMNZS Resolution |url=http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/2012/20120402-bvwlvfhr.htm |publisher=New Zealand Defence Fore |date=2 April 2012 |accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref> She was subsequently sold to EGS Group, a private surveying company, and renamed RV ''Geo Resolution''. Following the sale she left Devonport Naval Base for the final time on 11 October 2014.<ref name="Resolution Sold">{{cite news |title=Resolution Sold, Departs Devonport |url=http://www.navy.mil.nz/downloads/pdf/navy-today/nt184.pdf |accessdate=27 November 2014 |work=Navy Today |issue=184 |publisher=Royal New Zealand Navy |date=November 2014 |page=23}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Survey ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy]]

== References ==
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==External links==
{{commons category|IMO 8835243}}
* {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AGOS17|title=United States Naval Vessel Register AGOS17}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061230183322/http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/6617.htm NavSource]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150106095730/http://resolutionforsale.com/ Resolution For Sale] – Auckland Shipbrokers webpage advertising the sale of the ship
 
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