Design
- Designer: Halter Marine
- Builder: Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
- Launched: May 30, 1996
- Delivered: April 18, 1997
- Commissioned: July 19, 1997
- Hull Number: R104
- Call Letters: WTEC
- Home Port: Charleston, South Carolina
- Length (LOA): 83.5 m (274 ft)
- Breadth (moulded): 16.0 m (52.5 ft.)
- Draft, Maximum: 5.2 m (17.0 ft.)
- Depth to Main Deck: 8 m (26.5 ft.)
- Hull: Welded steel/ice strengthened
- Displacement: 3,250 tons
Speed & Endurance
(NOTE: These statistics should be discussed with CO and OPS when planning projects)
- Emergency Speed: 15 knots
- Cruising Speed: 11 knots at full fuel capacity
- Range: 11,300 nmi at 12 knots plus 30 days on station at full fuel capacity
- Endurance: 60 days
- Endurance Constraint: Food
Scientific Laboratory Facilities
- Main lab: 1,730 sq. ft.
- Electronics/Computer lab: 720 sq. ft.
- Wet lab: 230 sq. ft.
- Hydro Lab: 700 sq. ft.
- Biochemical Lab: 720 sq. ft.
Berthing
- Single Staterooms: 11
- Double Staterooms: 22
- Triple Staterooms: 1
- Total Bunks: 58
Food Service Seating Capacity
- Mess Room: 30
Medical Facilities
- 2 Bed Hospital
Complement
- Commissioned Officers/Mates: 6
- Engineers (4 licensed): 7
- Deck: 8
- Survey: 1
- Stewards: 4
- ET: 1
- USPHS Medical Officer: 1
- Total: 28
