General Specifications

Design

• Designer: Maritime Administration
• Builder: Aerojet-General Shipyards, Jacksonville, Florida
• Launched: March 1967
• Delivered: January 1968
• Commissioned: October 1968
• Hull Number: S 220
• Call Letters: WTEB
• Home Port: Ketchikan, AK

• Length (LOA): 70.4 m (231 ft.)
• Breadth (moulded): 12.8 m (42 ft.)
• Draft: 4.7 m (15.5 ft.)
• Hull: Welded steel/ice strengthened
• Displacement: 1,800 tons
• Gross Tonnage: 1,591 tons

Speed & Endurance

• Cruising Speed: 12 knots
• Range: 6,000 nmi
• Endurance: 22 days

Maneuverability

• Twin Screw (variable pitch)
• Bow Thruster (variable pitch)
• Bridge Wing Controls (Engines, and Thruster) Port and Stbd

Complement

• Commissioned Officers: 8
• Licensed Engineers: 4
• Crew: 23
• Scientists: 23 (Max)