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Specifications

Other Features:Dynamic positioning system (Kongsberg), ROV hangar, fully equipped machine shop, 1 rigid-hull rescue/work boat

Delivered: 2015
Ownership: Title held by U.S. Navy; operated under charter agreement with Office of Naval Research
Length: Overall (LOA): 238 ft.
Waterline (LWL): 230 ft.
Draft: 15 ft.
Displacement: 3,204 LT (long tons)
Beam: 50 ft.
Speed: 10 kts. (sustained)
Range: 11,500 nm
Endurance: 40 days
Installed power: 4176 kW (total)
Towing: 10,000 lbs. at 6 kts.
25,000 lbs. at 4 kts.
Propulsion: (x2) Siemens AC Electric Motors, 876 kW ea. (1175 hp ea.), 1752 kW total (2350 hp total)
Bow Thruster: (x1) White-Gill, 686 kW (920 hp)
Stern Thruster: (x1) Schottel, 620 kW (831 hp)
Main Generators: (x4) Cummings Diesels, 1044 kW ea. (1400 hp ea.), 4176 kW total (5600 hp total)
Emergency Generator: (x1) MTU Diesel, 210 kW (282 hp)
Portable Van Space: up to four 20 ft. vans
Winches: (x2) Markey CAST-6-125 Hydro winches rated to 24,000 lbs. for .322 EM cable and 3/8" wire rope
(x1) Markey DETW-9-11 Traction Winch rated to over 25,000 lbs. for 9/16" wire, .680 EM/ .681 fiber optic cable
Heavy Equipment: (x1) CTD LARS
(x1) ROV LARS
(x1) Knuckle crane
(x1) Stern A-Frame, rated to 30,000 lbs.
Working deck area: Aft of deckhouse: 1,873 sq. ft.
Total stern: 2,557 sq. ft.
Starboard side: 80 sq. ft.
Laboratory area: Main lab: 1,023 sq. ft.
Wet lab: 398 sq. ft.
Computer lab: 311 sq. ft.
Staging bay: 303 sq. ft.
Crew berths: 20
Science berths: 22

 

Contact

Call Sign: WARL

Iridium Phone: 881-622-469-724

Fleet Broad Band Telephone: 870 773 929 929

INMARSAT C: 436903967

IMO Number: 9688946

 

Science

Acoustics

Current Profilers

Water Sampling and Sensing

  • SeaBird TSG
  • SeaBird CTD Rosette (Standard WHOI setup)
  • XBT (Expendable Bathythermograph) probes (approx. 1 per day)

Meteorological Sensors

Navigation & Communication