[20220425]IF11838_海军TAGOS-25（原TAGOS[X]）海洋监视造船计划：国会背景和议题.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated April 25, 2022Navy TAGOS-25 (Previously TAGOSX) Ocean Surveillance Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for CongressIntroduction The first of a planned class of seven new TAGOS-25 class ocean surveillance ships was procured in FY2022 at a cost of $434.4 million. The Navy wants to procure the second ship in the class in FY2025. The Navys proposed FY2023 budget requests no procurement funding for the program. Meaning of TAGOS Designation In the designation TAGOS (also written as T-AGOS), the T means the ships are operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC); the A means they are auxiliary (i.e., support) ships; the G means they have a general or miscellaneous mission; and the OS means the mission is ocean surveillance. The TAGOS-25 program was previously known as the TAGOS(X) program, with the (X) meaning that the precise design for the ship had not yet been determined. Some Navy budget documents may continue to refer to the program that way. TAGOS Ships in the Navy TAGOS ships (Figure 1 and Figure 2) support Navy antisubmarine warfare (ASW) operations. As stated in the Navys FY2023 budget submission, TAGOS ships “use Surveillance Towe