RAINIER S 221 



LAUNCHED: March 19 67 

 DELIVERED: April 1968 

 COMMISSIONED: October 1968 

 CALL LETTERS: WTEF 



DESIGNER: Maritime Administration 

 BUILDER: Aerojet-General Shipyards 



Jacksonville, Fla. 

 HOME PORT: Seattle, Wash. 



CRUISING SPEED: 11 knts 

 POWER: 2,4 00 SHP 

 FUEL CAPACITY: 107,000 gal. 

 ENDURANCE: 22 days 



HULL: Welded steel/ ice strengthened 

 DISPLACEMENT: 1,800 tons 

 GROSS TONNAGE: 1,591 

 NET TONNAGE: 578 



LENGTH(LOA): 231 ft. (70.4 m) 

 BREADTH (moulded) : 42 ft. (12.8 m) 

 DRAFT, MAX I MUM: 14.3 ft. (4.2 m) 

 SISTER SHIP(S) : FAIRWEATHER, MT. 



MITCHELL 

 RANGE: 5,898 n. mi. 

 FUEL TYPE: #2 diesel 

 FUEL CONSUMPTION: 12 gal./hr. 

 ENDURANCE CONSTRAINT: Stability 



OPERATIONAL COMMITMENTS 



The RAINIER is designed and outfitted primarily for hydrographic 

 surveys in support of nautical charting. Scientific equipment normally 

 aboard is limited to that equipment which supports and is related to 

 these survey operations. The ship normally operates off the U.S. 

 Pacific Coast, in Alaskan coastal waters, and off the Hawaiian Islands 



HABITABILITY 



BERTHING 



Single staterooms: 5 

 Double staterooms: 18 

 Four bunk rooms: 9 

 Total bunks aboard: 79 



FOOD-SERVICE SEATING CAPACITY 

 Captain's cabin: 4 

 Wardroom: 12 



Ship's officers mess: 11 

 Technician's mess: 18 

 Crew's mess: 18 



MEDICAL FACILITIES 

 Complete sickbay with two bunks, one medical technician. 



SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY FACILITIES 

 Dry oceanographic lab: 240 sq. ft. 



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