Design
- Builder: Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
- Launched: 1988
- Delivered to MSC: 1989
- Transfered to NOAA: August 31, 1993
- Commissioned by NOAA: April 25, 1996
- Hull Number: R 333
- Call Letters: WTEU
- Home Port: Honolulu, Hawaii
- Length (LOA): 68.3 m (224 ft)
- Breadth (moulded): 13.1 m (43 ft.)
- Draft, Maximum: 4.6 m (15 ft.)
- Hull: Welded steel/ice strengthened
- Displacement: 2,301 tons
- Gross Tonnage: 2,014
- Net Tonnage: 604
Speed & Endurance
- Cruising Speed: 10.5 knots
- Range: 8,000 nmi
- Endurance: 30 days
- Endurance Constraint: Stability
Scientific Laboratory Facilities
- Lab Space: 950 sq. ft.
Food Service Seating Capacity
- Mess Room: 20
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Berthing Capacity
- Single Staterooms: 21
- Double Staterooms: 6
- Total Bunks: 33
Medical Facilities
- Medical Treatment Room with one bunk; one USPHS Health Programs Officer.
Complement
- Commissioned Officers: 8 (Including 1 USPHS Officer)
- Licensed Engineers: 3
- Crew: 13
- Scientists: 12 (Max)
Deck and Profile Drawings
- Outboard Profile (31k)
- Inboard Profile (37k)
- Deck Plan: Navigation Bridge (9k)
- Deck Plan: Upper Deck (38k)
- Deck Plan: Forcastle Deck (42k)
- Deck Plan: Main Deck (35k)
- Deck Plan: Lower Platform (27k)
- Deck Plan: Hold (16k)
