General Specifications

Line Drawing by Bob Hitz    

Design

• Builder: Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
• Launched: 1988
• Delivered to MSC: 1989
• Transfered to NOAA: August 31, 1993
• Commissioned by NOAA: April 25, 1996
• Hull Number: R 333
• Call Letters: WTEU
• Home Port: Honolulu, Hawaii

• Length (LOA): 68.3 m (224 ft)
• Breadth (moulded): 13.1 m (43 ft.)
• Draft, Maximum: 4.6 m (15 ft.)
• Hull: Welded steel/ice strengthened
• Displacement: 2,301 tons
• Gross Tonnage: 2,014
• Net Tonnage: 604

Speed & Endurance

• Cruising Speed: 10.5 knots
• Range: 8,000 nmi
• Endurance: 30 days
• Endurance Constraint: Stability

Scientific Laboratory Facilities

• Lab Space: 950 sq. ft.

Food Service Seating Capacity

• Forward Mess Room: 8
• Aft Mess Room: 16

Berthing Capacity

• Single Staterooms: 21
• Double Staterooms: 6
• Total Bunks: 33

Medical Facilities

• Medical Treatment Room with one bunk; one USPHS Health Programs Officer.

Complement

• Commissioned Officers: 4
  (Including 1 USPHS Officer)
• Licensed Engineers: 3
• Crew: 13
• Scientists: 12 (Max)

Deck and Profile Drawings

• Outboard Profile (31k)
• Inboard Profile (37k)
• Deck Plan: Navigation Bridge (9k)
• Deck Plan: Upper Deck (38k)
• Deck Plan: Forcastle Deck (42k)
• Deck Plan: Main Deck (35k)
• Deck Plan: Lower Platform (27k)
• Deck Plan: Hold (16k)