NOAAS Heck
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NOAAS Heck (S 591) was a Rude-class hydrographic survey ship in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 to 1995. Prior to her NOAA service, she was in commission from 1967 to 1970 in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as USC&GS Heck (ASV 91).
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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | |
Name | USC&GS Heck (ASV 91) |
Namesake | Captain Nicholas Heck (1882-1953), a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey officer |
Builder | Jackobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, New York |
Launched | 1 November 1966 |
Acquired | 11 March 1967 (delivery) |
Commissioned | 29 March 1967 |
Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
NOAA | |
Name | NOAAS Heck (S 591) |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970 |
Decommissioned | 25 October 1995 |
Stricken | 1996 |
Identification | IMO number: 6727870 |
Honors and awards | Department of Commerce Silver Medal 1978 |
Fate | Sold 2001 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Rude-class hydrographic Survey ship S1-MT-71a |
Tonnage | 150 gross register tons (domestic tonnage) |
Displacement | 220 long tons (220 t) (ITC tons) |
Length | 90 ft (27 m) |
Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) (molded) |
Draft | 7.2 ft (2.2 m) |
Installed power | 850 shaft horsepower (630 kilowatts) |
Propulsion | Two Cummins 425-horsepower (317 kW) geared diesel engines, 2 shafts, 3,900 U.S. gallons (15,000 L) fuel |
Speed | 10 knots (cruising) |
Range | 1,000 nautical miles (1,850 kilometers) |
Endurance | 5 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | One launch |
Complement | 11 (4 NOAA Corps officers, 1 licensed engineer, and 6 other crew members) |
Notes | 120 kilowatts electrical power |
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