 NOAAS John N. Cobb (R 552) on 27 April 2004.
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| History | |
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  United States Fish and Wildlife Service | |
| Name | US FWS John N. Cobb |
| Namesake | John N. Cobb (1868-1930), American fisheries researcher and first dean of the University of Washington College of Fisheries |
| Builder | Western Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington |
| Launched | 16 January 1950 |
| Commissioned | 18 February 1950 |
| Identification | FWS 1601 |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
| Notes | Operated by Fish and Wildlife Service's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 1956-1970 |
 United States | |
| Name | NOAAS John N. Cobb |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3 October 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 13 August 2008 |
| Homeport | Seattle, Washington |
| Identification |
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| Fate |
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| Status | Extant as commercial fishing vessel 2018 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fisheries research ship |
| Tonnage |
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| Displacement | 250 tons (full load) |
| Length | 93 ft (28 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Installed power | 325 bhp (242 kW) |
| Propulsion | Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine, 1 shaft, 25 tons fuel |
| Speed | 9.3 knots (17.2 km/h; 10.7 mph) (sustained) |
| Range | 2,900 nmi (5,400 km; 3,300 mi) at 9.3 knots (17 km/h; 11 mph) |
| Endurance | 13 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × fiberglass utility boat |
| Complement | 10 (2 NOAA Corps officers, 2 licensed engineers, and 4 other crew members) plus up to 4 scientists[note 1] |
| Notes | 60 kilowatts electrical power |
John N. Cobb (fisheries research vessel) | |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000047 |
| Added to NRHP | February 11, 2009 |
NOAA Ship John N. Cobb (R 552) was a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel in commission from 1970 to 2008. She was named for John Nathan Cobb and was the oldest commissioned ship in the NOAA fleet when she was decommissioned, having previously served in the United States Department of the Interior′s Fish and Wildlife Service from 1950 to 1956 and in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service′s Bureau of Commercial Fisheries from 1956 to 1970 as US FWS John N. Cobb (FWS 1601).
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