General Specifications

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Line Drawing by Bob Hitz   

Design

• Designer: Bender Shipbuilding
• Builder: Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Inc.
• Launched: December 1979
• Delivered: May 1980
• Commissioned: July 1980
• Decommissioned: June 2, 1998
• Hull Number: R 446
• Call Letters: WTED
• Home Port: Pascagoula, Mississippi

• Length (LOA): 127 ft. (38.7 m)
• Breadth (moulded): 29.6 ft. (9.0 m)
• Draft, Maximum: 14.0 ft. (4.3 m)
• Hull: Welded Steel
• Displacement: 520 tons
• Gross Tonnage: 427 tons
• Net Tonnage: 290 tons

Speed & Endurance

• Cruising Speed: 10 knots
• Range: 3,024 nmi
• Endurance: 17 days

Scientific Laboratory Facilities

• Wet Oceanographic Lab: 202 sq. ft.
• Dry Oceanographic Lab: 163 sq. ft.

Food Service Seating

• General mess: 10

Berthing

• Single staterooms: 2
• Double staterooms: 8
• Total bunks: 18

Medical Facilities

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

Complement

• Commisioned Officers: 3
• Licensed Engineers: 1
• Crew: 7
• Scientists: 6 (Max)

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