General Specifications

Design

• Designer: Halter Marine
• Builder: Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
• Launched: May 30, 1996
• Delivered: April 18, 1997
• Commissioned: July 19, 1997
• Hull Number: R104
• Call Letters: WTEC
• Home Port: Charleston, South Carolina

• Length (LOA): 83.5 m (274 ft)
• Breadth (moulded): 16.0 m (52.5 ft.)
• Draft, Maximum: 5.2 m (17.0 ft.)
• Depth to Main Deck: 8 m (26.5 ft.)
• Hull: Welded steel/ice strengthened
• Displacement: 3,250 tons

Speed & Endurance
(NOTE:  These statistics should be discussed with CO and OPS when planning projects)

• Emergency Speed: 15 knots
• Cruising Speed: 12 knots at full fuel capacity
• Range: 11,300 nmi at 12 knots plus 30 days on station at full fuel capacity
• Endurance: 60 days
• Endurance Constraint: Food

Scientific Laboratory Facilities

• Main lab: 1,730 sq. ft.
• Electronics/Computer lab: 720 sq. ft.
• Wet lab: 230 sq. ft.
• Hydro Lab: 700 sq. ft.
• Biochemical Lab: 720 sq. ft.

Berthing

• Single Staterooms: 11
• Double Staterooms: 22
• Triple Staterooms: 1
• Total Bunks: 58

Food Service Seating Capacity

• Mess Room: 30

Medical Facilities

• 2 Bed Hospital

Complement

• Commissioned Officers/Mates: 6
• Engineers (4 licensed):  7
• Deck: 8
• Survey: 1
• Stewards:  4
• ET: 1
• USPHS Medical Officer: 1
• Total:  28