General Specifications

Line Drawing by Bob Hitz   

Design

• Designer: W.C. Nickum and Sons
• Builder: Western Boatbuilding Company , Tacoma, WA
• Launched: January 16, 1950
• Delivered: February 13, 1950
• Commissioned: February 18, 1950 (by US Fish and Wildlife Service)
• Transfered to NOAA: July 1, 1972
• Hull Number: R552
• Call Letters: WMVC
• Home Port: Seattle, Washington

• Length (LOA): 28.3 m (93 ft.)
• Breadth (moulded): 7.9 m (26 ft.)
• Draft, Maximum: 3.4 m (11.0 ft.)
• Hull: Wood
• Displacement: 250 tons
• Gross Tonnage: 185 tons
• Net Tonnage: 78 tons

Speed & Endurance

• Cruising Speed: 10 knots
• Range: 2,850 nmi
• Endurance: 13 days
• Endurance Constraint: Fuel

Food Service Seating Capacity

• General Mess: 8

Berthing Capacity

• Double Staterooms: 4
• Forecastle Bunks: 5
• Total Bunks: 13

Medical Facilities

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

Complement

• Commissioned Officers: 2
• Licensed Engineers: 2
• Crew: 4
• Scientists: 4

Scientific Laboratory Facilities

• General lab: 150 sq. ft.

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