NOAAS Chapman

History
United States
Name	NOAAS Chapman (R 446)
Namesake	Wilbert McLeod "Wib" Chapman (1910-1970), American fisheries scientist[1][2]
Builder	Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company, Mobile, Alabama
Cost	$3,100,000 (USD)[3]
Launched	December 1979
Acquired	May 1980 (delivery)
Commissioned	11 July 1980
Decommissioned	2 June 1998
Homeport	Pascagoula, Mississippi
Identification	IMO number: 7907051 MMSI number: 306082000 Callsign: WTED
Fate	Donated to University of Puerto Rico Purchased by Substation Curaçao 2008
General characteristics
Type	Fisheries research ship
Tonnage	427 gross tons 290 net tons
Displacement	520 tons
Length	127 ft (39 m)
Beam	29.6 ft (9.0 m)
Draft	14.0 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	One 1,250-shp (932-kW) D 339 geared diesel engine, one four-bladed controllable-pitch propeller, one 150-hp (112-kW) Omnithruster bow thruster
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h)
Range	3,020 nautical miles (5,590 km)
Endurance	14 days
Boats & landing craft carried	One 16 ft (4.9 m) open boat
Complement	11, plus up to 6 scientists

NOAAS Chapman (R 446) was an American fisheries research vessel that was in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet from 1980 to 1998. After the conclusion of her NOAA career, she spent several years operating as the University of Puerto Rico marine research vessel R/V Chapman. More recently, she has become the Curaçao-based mothership for the deep-diving submarine Curasub.