General Specifications

Design

• Designer: Maritime Administration
• Builder: Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, WA
• Delivered to MSC: December 1985
• Transferred to NOAA: December 2002
• Commissioned: May 2003
• Hull Number: R330
• Call Letters: WTEJ
• Home Port: Seattle, Washington

• Length (LOA): 68.3 m (224 ft.)
• Breadth (moulded): 13.1 m (43 ft.)
• Draft, Maximum: 4.6 m (15 ft.)
• Displacement: 2,250 tons
• Gross Tonnage: 1,914 tons
• Net Tonnage: 574 tons

Speed & Endurance

• Cruising Speed: 11 knots
• Range: 8,000 nmi
• Endurance: 45 days
• Endurance Constraint: Stability

Scientific Refrigerators And Freezers

• Wet Lab Freezer
  • Manufacturer: Kenmore
  • Volume: 32 cu. ft.
  • Capacity: -10 °F
• Oceo lab refrigerator
• Manufacturer: RSP Ind.
• Volume: 4 cu. ft.
• Dry Lab Freezer
  • Manufacturer: Whirlpool
  • Volume: 21.7 cu. ft.
  • Capacity: -10 °F

Berthing

• Single staterooms: 18
• Double staterooms: 8
• Quadruple staterooms: 1
• Total bunks: 38

Food Service Seating Capacity

• Crew's mess: 16

Medical Facilities

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

Complement

• Commissioned officers: 5
• Licensed engineers: 4
• Crew: 13
• Scientists: Up to 15