General Specifications

Line Drawing by Bob Hitz   

Design

• Designer: Ziegler Shipyards, Inc., Jennings, LA
• Builder: Ziegler Shipyards, Inc., Jennings, LA
• Launched: April 1968
• Delivered: May 1968
• Commissioned: June 1968
• Hull Number: R 492
• Call Letters: WTEZ
• Home Port: Charleston, SC

• Length (LOA): 40.5 m (133 ft.)
• Breadth (moulded): 9.8 m (32 ft.)
• Draft, Maximum: 2.4 m (8.0 ft.)
• Hull: Welded steel
• Displacement: 454 tons
• Gross Tonnage: 349
• Net Tonnage: 86

Speed & Endurance

• Cruising Speed: 9.7 knots
• Range: 1,200 nmi
• Endurance: 9 days

Maneuverability

• Twin Screw
• Bow Thruster
• Bridge Wing Controls (Engines, Rudder, and Thruster) Port and Stbd

Scientific Laboratory Facilities

• Wet Oceanographic lab: 6.5 m² (70 sq. ft.)
• Dry Oceanographic lab: 20.9 m² (225 sq. ft.)
• Fish sorting rack on deck

Food-Service Seating

• General mess: 22

Berthing Capacity

• Double staterooms: 11
• Total bunks: 22

Medical Facilities

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

Complement

• Commissioned Officers: 5
• Licensed Engineers: 2
• Crew: 6
• Scientists: 8 (Max)

Deck Drawings

• Wheelhouse and Flying Bridge Deck Plan (18 k)
• Forecastle Deck Plan (Officer Berthing) (25 k)
• Main Deck Plan (Working Deck, Laboratories and Galley) (35 k)
• Lower Deck Plan (Engineroom, Tanks and Berthing) (59 k)
• Tank Deck Plan (Tanks, Voids, and Transducer Spaces) (13 k)

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