Henry Laurens Whiting (1821-1897), U.S. Coast Survey and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey employee (1838-1897) and renowned topographic surveyor
Builder
Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Launched
20 November 1962
Acquired
July 1963 (delivery)
Commissioned
8 July 1963
Fate
Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970
United States
Name
NOAAS Whiting (S 329)
Namesake
Previous name retained
Acquired
Transferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970
Decommissioned
2 May 2003
Homeport
Norfolk, Virginia
Identification
IMO number: 6601973
Radio call sign WTEW
Fate
Transferred to Mexican Navy 28 April 2005
Mexico
Name
2005-2023 ARM Río Tuxpan (BI-12)
from 2023 ARM Amealco (BI-07)
Namesake
Tuxpan River
Acquired
Transferred from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 28 April 2005
Commissioned
28 April 2005
Identification
IMO number: 6601973
Status
Active
General characteristics
Class and type
S1-MT-59a
Type
Survey ship
Tonnage
696 gross register tons
151 net tons
Displacement
907 tons
Length
49.7 m (163 ft)
Beam
10.1 m (33 ft)
Draft
3.4 m (11 ft) (maximum)
3.7 m (12 ft) (with IDSSS dome)
Propulsion
Two geared 800-bhp (597-kW) General Motors diesel engines, two shafts, 4,300 U.S. gallons (16,277 liters fuel)
Speed
12.0 knots
Range
5,700 nm
Endurance
20 days
Crew
33 (8 officers, 25 other crew, 2 scientists) plus up to 6 temporarily embarked personnel
NOAAS Whiting (S 329), was an American survey ship that was in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 to 2003. Previously, she had been in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1963 to 1970 as USC&GS Whiting (CSS 29).
In 2005 the ship was transferred to Mexico, and she was commissioned in the Mexican Navy as ARM Río Tuxpan (BI-12), Mexico's first dedicated hydrographic survey ship, and then renamed ARM Amealco (BI-07) in 2023.
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southern kingfish, southern kingcroaker, king whiting, Carolina whiting, sea mullet, roundhead, or whiting, is a species of marine fish in the family Sciaenidae...
report with graphics from the Commanding Officer of the survey ship NOAASWhiting following the ship's 2001 hydrographic survey. Final approval by the...
The North Pacific hake, Pacific hake, Pacific whiting, or jack salmon (Merluccius productus) is a ray-finned fish in the genus Merluccius, found in the...
The Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative (PWCC) is a harvest and research cooperative formed by three companies that participate in the catcher/processor...
The yellowfin whiting (Sillago schomburgkii), also known as the western sand whiting or fine-scaled whiting, is a species of inshore marine fish in the...
in mixed species fishery with other groundfish species such as cod and whiting. The main fishing grounds in the eastern Atlantic are in the Barents Sea...
1960s up to the early 1980s, similar to recruitment for Atlantic cod and whiting, this has been called the gadoid outburst. There was strong recruitment...
school whiting (Sillago bassensis),also known as the silver whiting or trawl whiting, is a common species of coastal marine fish of the smelt-whiting family...
Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2021. Myers, Joe; Whiting, Kate (16 January 2019). "These are the biggest risks facing our world...
sometimes sold as cod. Haddock and whiting belong to the same family, the Gadidae, as cod. Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus Whiting Merlangius merlangus Patagonian...
latovittatus, also known as the banded blanquillo, striped blanquillo, false whiting, sand tilefish or eye of the sea, is a species of marine ray-finned fish...
of raw sludge into the lake every day from its Whiting, Indiana, oil refinery. In March 2014 BP's Whiting refinery was responsible for spilling more than...
1942–1967) USC&GS Westdahl (in service 1929–1946) USC&GS Whiting (CSS 29) (in service 1963–1970, then with NOAA 1970–2003) USC&GS Wildcat (1919) (in service 1919–1941)...
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