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Radar— RCA 104 A and RCA CRIOIA, 40 



miles 

 Radio direction finders — None 

 Position indicators — 



Sperry Loran A Mark 2 Model 2 

 Raytheon A-C Model 400 

 Other— 

 LiFESAviNG Equipment: 

 Bouts — 2 - 40-person each 

 Inflatable rafts — 

 Other— 

 Deck Machinery: 

 Winches — 



Anchor irindkiss — Markey, electric, 440 v AC 

 Booms — None 

 Cranes — 2 5-ton cargo 

 Reels — 



Other — Warping capstan, electric, 440 v AC 

 Special Features: 

 Boir positioner — 

 Freshwater makers — 

 Cathodic protection — 

 Underwater viewing ports or lighting — 

 Other— 

 Operating Laboratory. Base, Region, or 

 Area: — Marine Mammal Resources 

 Program, Seattle, Wash. 

 History: 

 Design: 



Name of designer — Alden 

 Year designed — 

 Construction: 



Name of builder — Higgins, Inc., New Or- 

 leans, La. 

 Year completed — 1953 

 Conx'ersion: 



Year converted {if applicable) — 

 Name of facility doing conversion — 

 Seakeeping Characteristics: 

 Pcrformayice: 

 Pitch period — 

 Roll period — 

 Co7tifort: 

 Decks wet — 

 Htdl pound — 

 Motion easy — 

 Special Remarks: — 



DAVID STARR JORDAN 



General Description: 



Capabilities — Fishing, oceanographic, bio- 

 logical research, acoustical surveys, 

 hydrographic, meteorological, bottom 

 sampling, and coring 

 Hull style — Specifically designed for type of 



oceanic work needed 

 Number of masts — 2 

 Construction material — Steel 

 Method of fabrication — Welded 

 Screw type: 



Number of blades — 3 

 Fixed pitch or CP — Controllable pitch 

 MannfactKre — Ka Me Wa (Bird-Johnson 

 Co.) 

 Structural Parameters: 

 Length: 



Length, overall (LOA)— 171' 

 Length, waterline (LTFL)— 158' 

 Length, between perpendiculars (LBP) — 

 158' 

 Breadth: 



Beam, molded— 36'S" 

 Beam, extreme {including permanent pro- 

 jections)— 36'S" 

 Draft: 



Maximum, loaded — 11'9" 

 Mean— n'4" 

 Depth {main deck to keel, amidships) — 17'3" 

 Minimum freeboard {loaded amidships) — 

 5'9" 

 Tonnage: 



Displacement {full load) — 890 



Gross— 873 



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