.jpg) NOAAS Delaware II (R 445) in November 1983.
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| History | |
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  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | |
| Name | US FWS Delaware II |
| Builder | South Portland Engineering, South Portland, Maine |
| Launched | December 1967 |
| Commissioned | October 1968 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7629946 |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
| Name | NOAAS Delaware II (R 445) |
| Acquired | Transferred from Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 3 October 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 28 September 2012 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold |
 Panama | |
| Name | RV Med Surveyor |
| In service | ca. 2014 |
| Identification |
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| General characteristics (as NOAA vessel) | |
| Type | Fisheries research ship |
| Tonnage |
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| Displacement | 785 tons (full load) |
| Length | 155 ft (47 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) |
| Installed power | 1,230 brake horsepower (0.92 megawatt) |
| Propulsion | Two General Motors diesel engine, one shaft, 132 tons fuel |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21 km/h) (sustained) |
| Range | 6,600 nautical miles (12,200 km) at 11.5 knots (21 km/h) |
| Endurance | 24 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 x 18-foot (5.5 m) rigid hull inflatable boat |
| Complement | 18 (1 licensed Master, 1 Chief Mate, 3 NOAA Corps officers, 3 licensed engineers, and 10 other crew members), plus up to 14 scientists[1] |
| Notes | 300 kilowatts electrical power |
| General characteristics (as Med Surveyor) | |
| Type | Research and survey ship |
| Tonnage | 610 gross tons |
| Length | 47.4 m (155 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 9.14 m (30.0 ft) |
NOAAS Delaware II (R 445) was a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fisheries research vessel in commission from 1970 to 2012. Prior to her NOAA career, she was in commission in the fleet of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries from 1968 to 1970 as US FWS Delaware II. After her NOAA career ended, she was sold and in 2014 was converted into the research and survey ship RV Med Surveyor, operating under the flag of Panama.
- ^ Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991, p. 916, claims that the crew is 15 (6 licensed officers and 9 other crew members), plus up to 9 scientists.