 USS ATA-180
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | ATA-180 |
| Launched | 14 July 1944 |
| Commissioned | 27 September 1944 |
| Stricken | 1948 |
| Name | Horizon |
| Owner | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Acquired | 1949 |
| Fate | Sold c.1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 505 GT |
| Displacement | 835 t.(lt) 1,360 t.(fl) |
| Length | 143 ft (44 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | Single screw 1,200 shp (890 kW) |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 7,000 mi (11,000 km) |
| Complement | 45 |
| Armament |
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RV Horizon, ex Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-180, was a Scripps Institution of Oceanography research vessel from 1949 through 1968. During that time she made 267 cruises and logging 610,522 miles (982,540 km) spending 4,207 days at sea.[1]
- ^ Menard, Henry W. (February 1974). "The Research Ship Horizon". California Digital Library. University of California.