General Specifications

Line Drawing by Bob Hitz   

Design

• Builder: Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
• Launched: May 12, 1989
• Delivered to MSC: January 12, 1990
• Transfered to NOAA: March 17, 1993
• Commissioned by NOAA: August 28, 1998
• Hull Number: R 336
• Call Letters: WTEO
• Home Port: Pascagoula, MS

• Length (LOA): 68.3 m (224 ft)
• Breadth (moulded): 13.1 m (43 ft.)
• Draft, Maximum: 4.9 m (16 ft.)
• Hull: Welded Steel/Ice Strengthened
• Load Line Displacement: 2,328 tons
• Light Ship Displacement: 1,546 tons
• Gross Tonnage: 1486 (US), 1904 (Int'l)
• Net Tonnage: 971

Speed & Endurance

• Cruising Speed: 9.5 knots
• Range: 8,000 nmi
• Endurance: 30 days
• Endurance Constraint: Supplies

Food Service Seating Capacity

• Mess Room: 19

Berthing Capacity

• Single Staterooms: 19
• Double Staterooms: 8
• Total Bunks: 35

Medical Facilities

• Medical Treatment Room with one bunk.                                                                                                                                                                     photo by scientist Paul Olson
• Emergency and first-aid equipment aboard, administered by designated vessel personnel.

Complement

• Commissioned Officers: 4
• USCG Licensed Mate: 1
• Licensed Engineers: 3
• Crew: 10
• Scientists: 15 (Max)