NOAAS Discoverer (R 102)

USC&GS Discoverer (OSS 02) in Alaskan waters sometime between 1967 and 1970.
History
United States
NameUSC&GS Discoverer (OSS 02)
NamesakeA discoverer, a person who engages in discovery, the act of detecting and learning something
BuilderAerojet General Shipyards, Jacksonville, Florida
Laid down10 September 1963
Launched29 October 1964
Completed1966
Commissioned29 April 1967
HomeportMiami, Florida
FateTransferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970
United States
NameNOAAS Discoverer (R 102)
NamesakePrevious name retained
AcquiredTransferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970
Decommissioned16 August 1996
HomeportMiami, Florida; later Seattle, Washington
IdentificationIMO number6600814
FateScrapped 2010
General characteristics
Class and typeOceanographer-class oceanographic research ship
Tonnage
Displacement4,033 tons (full load)
Length92.4 m (303 ft 2 in)
Beam15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draft6.0 m (19 ft 8 in)
Installed power5,000 shp (3,700 kW)
PropulsionDiesel-electric: Two Westinghouse 1150 diesel generator sets, two Westinghouse electric motors, two screws; 400 hp (300 kW) bow thruster; 937 tons fuel
Speed15.8 knots (29.3 km/h) (sustained)
Range12,250 nmi (22,690 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Endurance34 days
Complement79 (13 NOAA Corps officers, six licensed civilian officers, 60 crewmen) plus up to 24 scientists
Sensors and
processing systems
One weather radar, two navigational radars; additional sensors installed before 1986 reactivation (see text)
Notes1.2 MW electrical power

NOAAS Discoverer (R 102), originally USC&GS Discoverer (OSS 02), was an American Oceanographer-class oceanographic research vessel in service in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1966 to 1970 and in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 to 1996. She was the second Coast and Geodetic Survey ship and first NOAA ship to bear the name Discoverer.