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APPENDIX B
NOAA VESSELS
TABLE B-1 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Vessel
Specifications for Vessels that Support Fisheries, Hydrographic, and
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research
Specification
Class I Class II Class III Class IV
Length (ft) 292-302 215 175 133
Ice strengthened Yes No Yes No
Displacement (tons) 3,440-4,033 1,920 995 360
Cruise speed (fuel
efficient) (kts) 11-13 12 10 8
Range (nautical
miles) 10,300 13,800 6,000 2,200
Endurance (days) 28-31 31 23 9
Laboratory 2
facilities (ft ~
Chemistry 0-140 370 -- --
Dry oceanography 105-1,800 -- 150 500
Wet oceanography 120-1S6 320 -- 40
Meteorology 0-180 -- -- --
Gravity 60-180 -- -- --
Photography 100-165 -- -- --
CTD/XBT 0-282 160 -- --
Fish processing -- 384 -- --
Utility -- 288-432 -- --
Medical facility Yes Yes No No
Deck machinery
Oceanographic winch 3 2 1 1
Deep sea 1 -- -- --
Trawl -- 2 -- --
Crawl/booms 2 5 2 2
A-frames 3 1 1 2
Total berthing 82-121 51 40 20
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TABLE B-2 Measurement Systems and Equipment Required to Support NOAA-
Vessel Requirements
s
Activity
Class I Class II Class III Class IV
Data acquisition/processing
Hydrographic systems
Tide observation systems
Obstruction location
equipment
Precision navigation
systems
Bathymetric mapping system
(multibeam)
Water column sampling
systems
Underway current management
systems
Meteorological systems
Bottom sediment samplers
Subbottom profiling
Gravity/magnetics
Plankton sampling
Trawling systems
Dredging equipment
Seining
Long line
Gill netting
Pots/traps
y
y
N
N
y
y
y
y
y
y
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y
N
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N
y
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N
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y
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y
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NOTE: Y--yes; N--no
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