NOAAS Albatross IV
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For other ships with the same name, see RV Albatross.
NOAA Ship Albatross IV (R 342), originally BCF Albatross IV, was a fisheries research ship in commission in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries from 1963 to 1970 and in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 to 2008.
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NOAAS Albatross IV (R 342) in September 1985. | |
History | |
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Bureau of Commercial Fisheries | |
Name | BCF Albatross IV |
Namesake | USFC Albatross, a famed U.S. Fish Commission vessel in commission 1882–1898, 1898–1917, and 1919–1921; USFS Albatross II, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries vessel in commission 1926–1932, and US FWS Albatross III, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service vessel in commission 1948–1959 |
Builder | Southern Shipbuilding Company, Slidell, Louisiana |
Launched | April 1962 |
Commissioned | 9 May 1963 |
Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
United States | |
Name | NOAAS Albatross IV (R 342) |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 3 October 1970 |
Decommissioned | 20 November 2008 |
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Fate | Sold to Mexico |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fisheries research ship |
Tonnage |
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Displacement | 1,089 tons |
Length | 187 ft (57 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Installed power | 1,130 brake horsepower (0.84 megawatt) |
Propulsion | Two Caterpillar diesel engines, 1 shaft, 150 tons fuel; 125-horsepower (0.09-megawatt) bow thruster |
Speed | 12 knots (sustained) |
Range | 4,300 nautical miles (8,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Endurance | 15 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | One launch |
Complement | 21 (4 NOAA Corps officers, 1 civilian officer, 3 licensed engineers, and 13 other crew members), plus up to 14 scientists[1] |
Notes | Ice-strengthened hull; 450 kilowatts electrical power |
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