TOWNSEND CROMWELL R 443 



LAUNCHED: July 19 63 

 DELIVERED: November 1963 

 COMMISSIONED: June 1975 

 CALL LETTERS: WTDF 



HULL: Welded steel 

 DISPLACEMENT: 652 tons 

 GROSS TONNAGE: 564 

 NET TONNAGE: 3 84 



DESIGNER: W. C. Nickum & Sons 

 BUILDER: J. Ray McDermott Co. 



Morgan City, La. 

 HOME PORT: Honolulu, Hawaii 



LENGTH(LOA): 163 ft. (49.7 m) 

 BREADTH (moulded) : 33 ft. (10.0 m) 

 DRAFT, MAXIMUM: 12.7 ft. (3.9m) 



CRUISING SPEED: 10 knts. 

 POWER: 8 00 SHP 

 FUEL CAPACITY: 42,000 gal, 

 ENDURANCE: 3 days 



RANGE: 8,160 n. mi. 



FUEL TYPE: #2 diesel 



FUEL CONSUMPTION: 4 4 gal./hr. 



ENDURANCE CONSTRAINT: Fuel 



OPERATIONAL COMMITMENTS 



The TOWNSEND CROMWELL conducts fishery and living marine 

 resource research. The ship normally operates off the Hawaiian 

 Islands and in the Central Pacific Ocean. 



HABITABILITY 



BERTHING 



Single staterooms: 4 

 Double staterooms: 11 

 Total bunks aboard: 26 



FOOD-SERVICE SEATING CAPACITY 

 General mess: 2 



MEDICAL FACILITIES 



Emergency and first aid equipment aboard, administered by 

 designated vessel personnel. 



SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY FACILITIES 



Wet lab: 390 sq. ft. Electronic lab: 120 sq. ft, 



Scientific Specimen Freezers: 200 sq. ft. 



COMPLEMENT 

 Commissioned officers: 4 Scientists: 9 



Crew: 10 Licensed officers: 3 



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