Design
- Designer: Maritime Administration
- Builder: Aerojet-General Shipyards, Jacksonville, Florida
- Launched: March 1967
- Delivered: January 1968
- Commissioned: October 1968
- Hull Number: S 220
- Call Letters: WTEB
- Home Port: Ketchikan, AK
- Length (LOA): 70.4 m (231 ft.)
- Breadth (moulded): 12.8 m (42 ft.)
- Draft: 4.7 m (15.5 ft.)
- Hull: Welded steel/ice strengthened
- Displacement: 1,800 tons
- Gross Tonnage: 1,591 tons
Speed & Endurance
- Cruising Speed: 12 knots
- Range: 6,000 nmi
- Endurance: 22 days
Maneuverability
- Twin Screw (variable pitch)
- Bow Thruster (variable pitch)
- Bridge Wing Controls (Engines, and Thruster) Port and Stbd
Complement
- Commissioned Officers: 8
- Licensed Engineers: 4
- Crew: 23
- Scientists: 23 (Max)
