Communications

• VHF-FM Marine Band Transceivers
• HF Marine Band Transceivers
• HF Alarm Watch Radio Receiver (2182 kHz)
• Inmarsat Standard A Radio Transceiver
• Inmarsat Standard C Radio Transceiver
• Radio Teletype Capability (Narrow Band Direct Printing)
• Weather Facsimile Receiver
• NAVTEX Receiver
• Cellular Telephone
• E-mail (WHITING's E-mail address is: Noaa.Ship.Whiting@noaa.gov)
• Portable VHF-FM transceivers
• Emergency Position Indicator Radio Beacons (Class 1 and Mini-B)
• Search and Rescue Transponders (X-Band Radar Frequency)

Acoustics

• Intermediate Depth Swath Survey System (IDSSS) (36 kHz)
• Deep Water Echo Sounder (12 kHz)
• Shallow Water Echo Sounder (100 kHz)
• Hydrographic Survey Sounder (24 and 100 kHz)
• Side Scan Sonar, EG&G 270
• High Speed/High Resolution Side Scan Sonar, Klein T-5000

Navigation

• X-Band and S-Band Radar with an ARPA display.
• Differential Global Positioning System ( DGPS) Receivers
• LORAN-C Receiver
• Doppler Speed Log
• Gyrocompass

Scientific Equipment

• Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc. SBE 19, SEACAT CTD Profiler
• XBT System
• Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition System (SEAS)
• TSS Heave and Pitch Sensor

Data Acquisition and Processing System

• Hydrographic Data Acquisition and Processing System, using HYPACK, ISIS, HPS, and Map Info
• Intermediate Depth Swath Survey System (IDSSS), using Hydrochart II
  The WHITING underwent a major upgrade in 1989. Hydrochart II was installed which utilizes a computer system to acquire and process hydrographic data. Real-time bottom contour charts with a swath width of approximately 2 1/2 times the water depth, ranging from 10 to 1000 meters, can be generated.
• 100 MBPS Network Backbone