General Specifications

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Line Drawing by Bob Hitz   

Design

• Designer: Dwight S. Simpson Associates
• Builder: Southern Shipbuilding, Slidell, Louisiana
• Launched: April 1962
• Delivered: November 1962
• Commissioned: May 1963
• Hull Number: R 342
• Call Letters: WMVF
• Home Port: Woods Hole, Massachusetts

• Length (LOA): 57.0 m (187 ft.)
• Breadth (moulded): 10.1 m (33 ft.)
• Draft, Maximum: 4.9 m (16.2 ft.)
• Hull: Welded steel/ice strengthened
• Displacement: 1,089 tons
• Gross Tonnage: 1,115 tons
• Net Tonnage: 413 tons

Speed & Endurance

• Cruising Speed: 11.5 knots
• Range: 3,933 nmi
• Endurance: 18 days
• Endurance Constraint: Stability

Scientific Laboratory Facilities

• Photographic/Oceanographic/Chemistry Lab: 110 sq. ft.
• Scientific Study Lab: 100 sq. ft.
• Plankton Lab: 110 sq. ft.
• Biological Lab: 300 sq. ft.
• Electronics Lab: 180 sq. ft.
• Stern: 1,080 sq. ft. of open deck space (accessible by 5 ton boom), and sufficient area to house two standard deck lab containers.
• Stern Ramp and Trawler

Food Service Seating

• Officer's Mess: 14
• Crew's Mess: 7

Berthing

• Single staterooms: 9
• Double staterooms: 7
• Three bunk rooms: 5
• Total bunks: 38

Medical Facilities

• Emergency and first-aid equipment aboard, administered by designated vessel personnel.

Complement

• Civilian Officers: 1
• Commisioned Officers: 4
• Licensed Engineers: 3
• Crew: 13
• Scientists: 14 (Max)

Deck Drawings

• Inboard Profile (48k)
• Deck Plan Top of House (15k)
• Deck Plan Bridge Deck (23k)
• Deck Plan Boat Deck (32k)
• Deck Plan Main Deck (38k)
• Deck Plan Lower Deck (34k)
• Deck Plan Hold Deck (28k)