The Saildrone Surveyor is a 20-meter USV capable of long-endurance missions in the open ocean, collecting deep-ocean bathymetry and performing a wide range of maritime domain awareness tasks—from anti-submarine warfare (ASW) to trans-ocean cable route surveys. (Saildrone picture)

Naval News reports that,

“Saildrone announced that its Surveyor-class of unmanned surface vehicle (USV) has received full classification from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). This milestone follows the Voyager, Saildrone’s coastal and near-shore USV, which received ABS class in 2023.”

This is the first unmanned to do so.