Line Drawing by Bob Hitz   

Design

• Designer: Maritime Administration
• Builder: Marietta Manufacturing Company, Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia
• Launched: November 1962
• Delivered: July 1963
• Commissioned: July 1963
• Hull Number: S 329
• Call Letters: WTEW
• Home Port: Norfolk, Virginia
• Sister Ship: PEIRCE

• Length (LOA): 49.7 m (163 ft.)
• Breadth (moulded): 10.1 m (33 ft.)
• Draft, Maximum: 3.7 m (12.2 ft.) with IDSSS dome
• Hull: Welded steel/ice strengthened
• Displacement: 907 tons
• Gross Tonnage: 696 tons
• Net Tonnage: 151 tons

Speed & Endurance

• Cruising Speed: 12 knots
• Range: 5,700 nmi
• Endurance: 20 days
• Endurance Constraint: Fuel

Food Service Seating Capacity

• Wardroom: 8
• Crew's Mess: 22

Berthing Capacity

• Single Staterooms: 3
• Double Staterooms: 8
• Four Bunk Rooms: 5
• Total Bunks: 39

Medical Facilities

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

Complement

• Commissioned Officers: 7
• Licensed Engineers: 3
• Crew: 25

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