Roger Randall Dougan Revelle, a scientist, Naval officer, and scholar of the University of California, San Diego, founder of Office of Naval Research, and was one of the first scientists to study global warming and the movement of Earth's tectonic plates
Owner
U.S. Navy[1]
Operator
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego under agreement with Office of Naval Research[1]
Builder
Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi
Laid down
9 December 1993
Launched
20 April 1995
Acquired
by the U.S. Navy, 11 June 1996, as RV Roger Revelle (T-AGOR-24)
Maiden voyage
Mississippi to San Diego, California, in July 1996
In service
leased to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, June 1996
Identification
IMO number: 9075228
MMSI number: 367800100
Callsign: KAOU
State I.D#: CF6354XF[1]
Notes
Radio Call Sign: KAOU[1]
General characteristics
Class and type
Thomas G Thompson-class oceanographic research ship
Type
Global-Class Auxiliary General-Purpose Research Vessel
Tonnage
3,180 GT
954 ITC Net Tonnage[1]
Displacement
3,512 long tons[1]
Length
277 feet (84.4 m)[1]
Beam
52 feet 5 inches (16.0 m)[1]
Draft
17 feet (5.2 m)[1]
Propulsion
diesel-electric, two 3,000hp z-drives; 1,180 hp Azimuthing jet[1]
Speed
11.7 knots (21.7 km/h; 13.5 mph) "variable with conditions"[1]
Range
15,000 NM at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (fuel)[1]
Endurance
52 days at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (fuel)[1]
Capacity
Fuel: 227,500 (planning)[1]
Crew
22 civilian mariners; 37 scientific party[1]
Armament
none
R/V Roger Revelle is a Thomas G. Thompson-class oceanographic research ship operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography under charter agreement with Office of Naval Research as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet.[2] The ship is named after Roger Randall Dougan Revelle, who was essential to the incorporation of Scripps into the University of California San Diego.
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^"Ships/Facilities". University National Oceanographic Laboratory System. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
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