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General Specifications

Line Drawing of NOAA Ship Miller Freeman - Click for larger image.

Line Drawing by Bob Hitz

Design

Designer: Philip F. Spaudling
Builder: American Shipbuilding, Toledo, OH
Launched: 1967
Delivered: June, 1967
Laid up 5 years; recommissioned: 1974
Hull Number: R 223
Call Letters: WTDM
Home Port: Newport, OR

Length (LOA): 65.5 m (215 ft.)
Breadth (moulded): 12.8 m (42 ft.)
Draft, Maximum: 6.4 m (20.0 ft.)(with Centerboard up)
Draft, Maximum: 9.8 m (32.0 ft.)(with Centerboard down)
Hull: Welded steel
Displacement: 1,920 tons
Gross Tonnage: 1,515
Net Tonnage: 680

Speed & Endurance

Cruising Speed: 11 knots
Range: 12,582 nmi
Endurance: 31 days
Endurance Constraint: Fuel

Scientific Laboratory Facilities

See Laboratory Spaces

Food Service Seating

Crew's mess: 16

Berthing

Single Person Staterooms: 4
Two Person Staterooms: 21
Four Person Staterooms: 1
Total Berths: 50

Medical Facilities

Emergency and first-aid equipment aboard administered by an EMT.

Complement

Commissioned officers: 7
Licensed Engineers: 4
Crew: 23
Scientists: 11 (max)

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