For other ships with the same name, see USC&GS Discoverer.
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USC&GS Discoverer (OSS 02) in Alaskan waters sometime between 1967 and 1970.
History
United States
Name
USC&GS Discoverer (OSS 02)
Namesake
A discoverer, a person who engages in discovery, the act of detecting and learning something
Builder
Aerojet General Shipyards, Jacksonville, Florida
Laid down
10 September 1963
Launched
29 October 1964
Completed
1966
Commissioned
29 April 1967
Homeport
Miami, Florida
Fate
Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970
United States
Name
NOAAS Discoverer (R 102)
Namesake
Previous name retained
Acquired
Transferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970
Decommissioned
16 August 1996
Homeport
Miami, Florida; later Seattle, Washington
Identification
IMO number: 6600814
Fate
Scrapped in 2010
General characteristics
Class and type
Oceanographer-class oceanographic research ship
Tonnage
3,701 gross register tons
1,095 net register tons
Displacement
4,033 tons (full load)
Length
92.4 m (303 ft)
Beam
15.8 m (52 ft)
Draft
6.0 m (19.7 ft)
Installed power
5,000 shp (3,700 kW)
Propulsion
Diesel-electric: Two Westinghouse 1150 diesel generator sets, two Westinghouse electric motors, two screws; 400 hp (300 kW) bow thruster; 937 tons fuel
Speed
15.8 knots (29.3 km/h) (sustained)
Range
12,250 nautical miles (22,690 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Endurance
34 days
Complement
79 (13 NOAA Corps officers, six licensed civilian officers, 60 crewmen) plus up to 24 scientists
Sensors and processing systems
One weather radar, two navigational radars; additional sensors installed before 1986 reactivation (see text)
Notes
1.2 MW electrical power
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