NOAAS Surveyor
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For other ships with the same name, see USC&GS Surveyor.
NOAA Ship Surveyor (S 132) was an oceanographic survey ship in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 until 1995.[1] Prior to her NOAA career, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1960 to 1970 as USC&GS Surveyor (OSS 32). She was the second and last Coast and Geodetic Survey ship named Surveyor and has been the only NOAA ship thus far to bear the name.
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Surveyor conducting helicopter operations in the Bering Sea | |
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United States | |
Name | USC&GS Surveyor (OSS 32) |
Namesake | A surveyor is a member of the profession of surveying, which determines positions on the earth's surface |
Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
Launched | 25 April 1959 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. H. Arnold Karo |
Commissioned | 30 April 1960 |
Homeport | Seattle, Washington |
Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
United States | |
Name | NOAAS Surveyor (S 132) |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970 |
Decommissioned | 29 September 1995[1] |
Homeport | Seattle, Washington |
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Nickname(s) | "Old Workhorse" |
General characteristics | |
Type | Oceanographic survey ship |
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Displacement | 3,440 tons (full load) |
Length | 292 ft 2 in (89.05 m) |
Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 19 ft 5 in (5.92 m) |
Installed power | 3,200 shaft horsepower (2.4 megawatts) |
Propulsion | Two sets Laval geared steam turbines, two Combustion Engineering boilers, one shaft, 785 tons fuel |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) (sustained) |
Range | 13,680 nautical miles (25,340 km) |
Endurance | 38 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Complement | 92 (12 NOAA Corps officers, 6 civilian officers, 58 crew members, 16 scientists) |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter pad |
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