12 tons, Tico Stores loading to li/o 

 tons hydraulically operated 

 Reels — hydraulic net winding 

 Other — Puretic power block 

 Special Features: 



Bow positioner — Schottel bow thruster 

 Freshwater makers — 2 aqua-fresh water 

 makers good to 1,500 gal/day, Maxim 

 H,T-50 and HJ-10 

 Cathodic protection — Lockheed impressed 



current cathodic protection 

 Undenvater vieiving ports or lighting — Un- 

 derwater viewing ports in bulbous 

 bow chamber and amidships port, 

 mercury vapor underwater lights aft 

 under hydrographic winches 

 Other — Stern ramp and stern gantry 

 Operating Laboratory, Base, Region, or 

 Area: — Fishery-Oceanography Cen- 

 ter, La JoUa, Calif. 

 History: 

 Design: 



Name of designer — Harco Engineering, 

 Div. Harbor Boat Building Co., Term- 

 inal Island, Calif. 

 Year designed — 1963 

 Construction: 



Year converted (if applicable) — 

 Name of facility doing conversion — 

 Seakeeping Characteristics: 

 Performance: 



Pitch period — 9 sec 

 Roll period — 11 sec 

 Confifort: 



Decks wet — Decks dry 



Hull pound — Hull pounds when heading 



into 6' seas 

 Motion easy — Motion is sharp 

 Special Remarks: — The vessel has the follow- 

 ing power for scientific use: 450 v 

 3 ph 60 cycle AC, 230 v single ph 60 

 cycle AC, 120 v single ph 60 cycle AC. 

 The vessel has the following fea- 

 tures for use in temperate and tropical 

 waters: revolving Nansen bottle rack 

 located adjacent to the hydrographic 

 bucket, internal monorail system for 

 moving lal)oratory equipment, moni- 

 tored aquaria sea water system, con- 

 stant temperature room, tie down 

 pegs throughout the ship. 



CHARLES H. GILBERT 



General Description: 



Capabilities — Trawling, seining, gillnetting, 

 handlining, trolling, longlining, fish 

 transportation (live), oceanography, 

 biological research 

 Hull style — Raked stem and elliptical stern 

 Number of masts — 1 

 Construction material — Steel 

 Method of fabrication — All welded, new con- 

 struction 

 Scretv type: 



Number of blades — 3 

 Fixed pitch or CP — Single fixed 

 Manufacture — Columbian 

 Structural Parameters: 

 Length: 



Length, overall {LOA)—122'n" 

 Length, waterline (LTFL)— 110'334" 

 Length, betrveen perpendiculars (LBP) — 

 102'8" 

 Breadth: 



Beam, molded — 21' 



Beam, extreme {including permanent pro- 

 jections) — 211/^' 

 Draft: 



Maximum, loaded— lO'SYo" 

 Mean—S'Si/i." 

 Depth [main deck to keel, amidships) — 10'6" 

 Minimum freeboard (loaded amidships) — 

 1.24' 

 Tonnage: 



Displacement (full load) — 383.4 

 Gross— 205 

 Net— 97 



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