Dry — 



Chilled- 

 Frozen — 

 Laboratories: 10,855 cu ft (6 labor;v- 

 tories) 

 Physical — 

 Chemical — 1 

 Biological — 



Other — 1 each rouo:h, dry, wet, hydro, 

 darkroom 

 A ccom modat io n s — 

 Electronics: 



Coyyimun ications — 



RCA Model P7A transceiver 

 Westrex SSB transceiver 

 RCA Model AR-8516 receiver 

 Underwater sounders: 

 Echo sounding— 2 Edo UQNIC, Elac LAZ 



22 BT, Elac flasher 

 Echo ranging — Simrad Model 480-10 

 Radar— RCA Model CR 103 (3 cm.), RCA 



Model CRM (10 cm.) 

 Radio direction finders — RCA AR-8714A 



RDF 

 Position indicators— RCA Model LR 8803 



loran 

 Other — Alden P.G.R. recorder, RCA closed 

 circuit TV network, Sperry gyrocom- 

 pass, magnetic compass, 12 repeaters, 

 4 Bendix barometers, Aerovane anom- 

 ometer 

 LiFESAViNG Equipment: 



Boats — 20-ft standard lifeboat 

 Inflatable rafts— 3 Elliott, 3 U.S. Rubber 

 Other— 

 Deck Machinery: 



Winches — 2 trawl winches, 2 hydrographic 

 winches, 2 BT winches, 1 dredge 

 winch 

 Anchor u'indlass — Hyde windlass 

 Booms — 1 - 5-ton, 2 - 1-ton 

 Cranes — None 

 Reels — None 

 Other— 

 Special Features: 



Bon) positioner — 1 - 150 hp 

 Freshwater makers — 2 maxim evaps 

 Cathodic protection — Anodes (bow, rolling 

 chocks, sea chests, wheel aperture, 

 stern) 

 Underivater viewing ports or lighting — None 

 Other— 



Operating Laboratory, Base, Region, or 



Area: Biological Laboratory, Woods 

 Hole, Mass. 

 History: 

 Design: 



Name of designer — Dwight S. Simpson 



Associates 

 Year designed — 1960 

 Construction: 



Name of builder- — -Southern Shipbuilding 



Corp., Slidell, La. 

 Year completed — 1962 

 Conversion: 



Year converted {if applicable) — N/A 

 Name of facility doing conversion — 

 Seakeeping Characteristics: 

 Performa7ice: 



Pitch period — Depends on type sea 

 Roll period — 13 to 15 sec 

 Corn fort: 



Decks tvet — Aft - moderate heavy sea 

 Hull pound — In heavy seas (have to re- 

 duce speed to eliminate) 

 Motion, easy — No - rolls heavily, very un- 

 comfortable 

 Special Remarks: — Stability requirements 

 USCG: (1) water tanks must be 

 pressed up at all times (using evap- 

 orators) and (2) anti-roll tanks #1 

 and #2 blocked off USCG req. 



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General Description: 



Capabilities — Limited inshore operations 

 Hidl style — Displacement 

 Number of masts — 1 



