NOAAS Rainier (S 221)
| NOAA Ship Rainier NOAAS Rainier (S 221) | |
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| Name: | Rainier (S 221) |
| Namesake: | Mount Rainier in Washington |
| Builder: | Aerojet-General Shipyards, Jacksonville, Florida |
| Launched: | March 1967 |
| Acquired: | April 1968 (delivered) |
| Commissioned: | October 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 1995 |
| Recommissioned: | January 1999 |
| Homeport: | Seattle, Washington |
| Status: | Active |
| Notes: |
Served in United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1968-1970 Served in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1970-1995 and from 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Mount Mitchell-class hydrographic survey ship |
| Tonnage: |
1,591 gross register tons 578 net register tons |
| Displacement: | 1,800 tons |
| Length: | 70.4 m (231 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft) moulded |
| Draft: | 4.4 m (14 ft) maximum |
| Installed power: | 2,400 shaft horsepower (3.2 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | Two 1,200-horsepower (1.6-megawatt) General Motors geared diesel engines, 2 shafts, 107,000 gallons fuel; one 200-horsepower (0.27-megawatt) Detroit Diesel/Bird Johnson geared through-hull bow thruster |
| Speed: | 12 to 12.5 knots (cruising) |
| Range: | 5,898 nautical miles (10,923 kilometers) |
| Endurance: | 22 days |
| Boats and landing craft carried: | Six survey launches, two small open boats |
| Complement: | 49 (10 NOAA Corps officers, 4 licensed engineers, and 35 other crew members), plus up to 4 scientists[1] |
| Notes: | Ice-strengthened hull; 300 kilowatts electrical power plus 75-kilowatt emergency generator |
NOAA Ship Rainier (S 221) is a US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey vessel.
Rainier was built at the Aerojet-General Shipyards in Jacksonville, Florida, the sister ship of NOAA Ship Fairweather (S 220) and retired NOAA Ship Mount Mitchell (S 222). She was launched in March 1967, delivered to NOAA in April 1968, and commissioned in October 1968. She is named for Mount Rainier in the state of Washington.
Rainier's ice-hardened hull is 231 feet (70.4 meters) long. She has 79 bunk spaces. Capacity for 59 people to eat at time can be found in the three mess rooms and officer's wardroom. She carries a complement of 53—10 NOAA Corps officers, four licensed engineers, and 39 other crew members—plus up to four scientists. Seven of the crew are certified NOAA divers.
The deck equipment features one winch, two fixed cranes, and an A-frame. This equipment gives the Rainier a lifting capacity of up to 5,000 pounds (2,200 kg) as well 30,000 feet (9,100 m) of cable that can pull up to 1,000 pounds (453 kg).
She has one 240 foot² (22 m²) lab. The ship is equipped with an intermediate depth multibeam swath survey system. The vessel carries six aluminum survey launches equipped with multibeam swath and single beam echo sounders and a hydrographic data acquisition system. There are an additional three small support boats.
Among the scientific equipment are five Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensors, one side-scan sonar unit, and sediment sampling equipment.
NOAA describes Rainier as "the most productive hydrographic platform in the world."[2]
Notes
- ↑ Per Combat Fleets of the World 2007, the complement is 69 (12 NOAA Corps officers, 5 licensed civilian officers and 52 other crew members) plus up to 4 scientists.
- ↑ NOAA Marine Operations (at http://www.moc.noaa.gov/ra/index.html).
External links
- "NOAA Ship RAINIER". May 5, 2004. http://www.moc.noaa.gov/ra/index.html. Retrieved May 9, 2006.
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