CHAPMAN R 446 



LAUNCHED: December 1979 

 DELIVERED: May 1980 

 COMMISSIONED: July 1980 

 CALL LETTERS: WTED 



DESIGNER: Bender Shipbuilding 

 BUILDER: Bender Shipbuilding and 



Repair Co. , Inc. 

 HOME PORT: Pascagoula, Miss. 



CRUISING SPEED: 9 knts. 

 POWER: 1,2 50 SHP 

 FUEL CAPACITY: 41,600 gal 

 ENDURANCE: 14 days 



HULL: Welded steel 

 DISPLACEMENT: 52 tons 

 GROSS TONNAGE: 427 

 NET TONNAGE: 290 



LENGTH(LOA): 127 ft. (38.7 m) 

 BREADTH (moulded) : 29.6 ft. (9.1 m) 

 DRAFT, MAXIMUM: 14.0 ft. (4.3 m) 



RANGE: 3,024 n. mi. 



FUEL TYPE: #2 diesel 



FUEL CONSUMPTION: 41 gal/hr 



ENDURANCE CONSTRAINT: Water 



OPERATIONAL COMMITMENTS 



CHAPMAN conducts fishery and marine resource research. 

 The ship normally operates in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean 

 Sea. 



HABITABILITY 



BERTHING 



Single staterooms: 2 



Double staterooms: 8 



Total bunks aboard: 18 



FOOD-SERVICE SEATING CAPACITY 

 General mess: 10 



MEDICAL FACILITIES 



Emergency and first-aid equipment aboard, administered by 

 designated vessel personnel. 



SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY FACILITIES 

 Dry laboratory: 163 sq. ft. Wet laboratory: 202 sq. ft. 



COMPLEMENT 



Commissioned officers: 3 

 Crew: 7 



Scientists: 6 

 Licensed officers: 1 



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