.jpg) Surveyor conducting helicopter operations in the Bering Sea
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| History | |
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  United States | |
| Name | USC&GS Surveyor (OSS 32) |
| Namesake | A surveyor is a member of the profession of surveying, which determines positions on the earth's surface |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
| Launched | 25 April 1959 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. H. Arnold Karo |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1960 |
| Homeport | Seattle, Washington |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
 United States | |
| Name | NOAAS Surveyor (S 132) |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 29 September 1995[1] |
| Homeport | Seattle, Washington |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | "Old Workhorse" |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Oceanographic survey ship |
| Tonnage |
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| Displacement | 3,440 tons (full load) |
| Length | 292 ft 2 in (89.05 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft 5 in (5.92 m) |
| Installed power | 3,200 shaft horsepower (2.4 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | Two sets Laval geared steam turbines, two Combustion Engineering boilers, one shaft, 785 tons fuel |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) (sustained) |
| Range | 13,680 nautical miles (25,340 km) |
| Endurance | 38 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | |
| Complement | 92 (12 NOAA Corps officers, 6 civilian officers, 58 crew members, 16 scientists) |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter pad |
| Notes |
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NOAA Ship Surveyor (S 132) was an oceanographic survey ship in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 until 1995.[1] Prior to her NOAA career, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1960 to 1970 as USC&GS Surveyor (OSS 32). She was the second and last Coast and Geodetic Survey ship named Surveyor and has been the only NOAA ship thus far to bear the name.
- ^ a b http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/nr/pdf/dec1995.pdf see "Research Ships Decommissioned in Ceremonies"