ARM Altair
ship · built 1962
In short
ARM Altair (ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.
- Vessel type
- ship
- Flag
- —
- Year built
- 1962
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Size (length × beam)
- 64 m
- Registered owner
- —
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Last reported position
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- Name
- ARM Altair
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 7338339
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- —
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- —
- Length overall
- 63.7 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1962
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Ownership & management
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- Operator
- Source: Wikidata · since 1996 · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
- Builder
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
About ARM Altair
USNS James M. Gilliss (T-AGOR-4) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1962. The ship was operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS now MSC) and managed by the Naval Oceanographic Office as one of the "Navy Pool" vessels serving various Navy laboratories and projects in the Atlantic Ocean. After active Navy pool service the ship was assigned to the University of Miami to operate as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet until 1979. James M. Gilliss was loaned to the Mexican Navy in June 1983 as an oceanographic research ship to become ARM Altair (BI-03). Mexico bought the ship December 1996 under the Security Assistance Act. In 2023 she was renamed ARM Sayulita (BI-03)
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is ARM Altair now?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for ARM Altair in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is ARM Altair?
- ARM Altair is a ship, built in 1962 by Bay Shipbuilding Company. The vessel is 63.7 m long.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for ARM Altair?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for ARM Altair from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for ARM Altair. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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