General Specifications

Design

• Length: 224 ft.
  
• Breadth: 43 ft.
  
• Draft: 15 ft.
  
• Displacement: 2301 tons
  
• Cruising Speed: 10.5 knots
  
• Range: 8000 nm
  
• Endurance: 30 days
  
• Commissioned Officers: 4
  
• Licensed Engineers: 3
  
• Crew: 17
  
• Scientists: 14/15 (max, 14 when we go International due to addition of PHS Officer)
  
• Hull Number: R-330
  
• Call Letters: WTEJ
  
• Builder: Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, WA
  
• Delivered to Military Sealift Command: December 1982
  
• Transferred to NOAA: November, 2002
  
• Commissioned: May 20, 2003

Speed & Endurance

• Cruising Speed: 11 knots
• Range: 8,000 nmi
• Endurance: 45 days
• Endurance Constraint: Stability

Scientific Refrigerators And Freezers

• Wet Lab Freezer-80 °F
  • Property of SWFSC.  The ship has a MOU with the lab.  It is currently kept aboard ship in the wet lab and is available for scientific use.
  • Volume: 32 cu. ft.
• Oceo lab refrigerator
• Manufacturer: RSP Ind.
• Volume: 4 cu. ft.
• Dry Lab Freezer-10 °F
  • Manufacturer: Whirlpool
  • Volume: 21.7 cu. ft.

Berthing

• Single staterooms: 18
• Double staterooms: 8
• Quadruple staterooms: 1
• Total bunks: 38

Food Service Seating Capacity

• Crew's mess: 16

Medical Facilities

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

Complement

• Commissioned officers: 5
• Licensed engineers: 4
• Crew: 13
• Scientists: Up to 15

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