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| History | |
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  United States | |
| Name | USC&GS Researcher (OSS 03) |
| Namesake | A researcher, a person who engages in diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, etc. |
| Operator | United States Coast and Geodetic Survey |
| Builder | American Shipbuilding Company, Toledo, Ohio |
| Launched | October 1968 |
| Acquired | 18 June 1970 |
| Commissioned | Never |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
 United States | |
| Name | NOAAS Researcher (R 103) |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Operator | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970 |
| Commissioned | October 1970 |
| Renamed | NOAAS Malcolm Baldrige (R 103) 1 March 1988[1] |
| Namesake | Malcolm Baldrige, Jr., (1922-1987), U.S. Secretary of Commerce 1981-1987 |
| Decommissioned | 23 August 1996 |
| Homeport | Miami, Florida[1] |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold late 1990s |
 Comoros | |
| Name | MV Ushuaia |
| Namesake | Ushuaia, a city in Argentina |
| Operator | Antarpply Expeditions |
| Acquired | Late 1990s |
| Homeport | Ushuaia, Argentina |
| Status | Extant |
| General characteristics (as NOAA ship in 1989) | |
| Type | Oceanographic research ship |
| Tonnage |
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| Displacement | 2,963 tons[1] |
| Length | 278.3 ft (84.8 m)[1] |
| Beam | 51 ft (16 m)[1] |
| Draft | 18.3 ft (5.6 m)[1] |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) (cruising)[1] |
| Range | 11,245 nmi (20,826 km; 12,941 mi)[1] |
| Endurance | 36 days[1] |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Complement | 10 NOAA Corps commissioned officers, 4 licensed officers, 46 other crew, up to 28 embarked scientists[4] |
| Aviation facilities | Portable helicopter platform[3] |
| General characteristics (as cruise ship in 2014) | |
| Type | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 2,923 gross register tons[5] |
| Length | 84.73 m (278.0 ft)[5] |
| Beam | 15.41 m (50.6 ft)[5] |
| Draft | 5.48 m (18.0 ft)[5] |
| Ice class | C[5] |
| Propulsion | 2 x Alco geared diesel engines, 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) each[5] |
| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) (cruising)[5] |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 7 x Zodiac inflatable boats[5] |
| Capacity | 88 passengers[5] |
| Crew | 38[5] |
NOAAS Researcher (R 103), was an American oceanographic research vessel in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 to 1996. She had been delivered to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1970 as USC&GS Researcher (OSS 03), but did not enter commission until after her transfer to NOAA later that year. In 1988, Researcher was renamed NOAAS Malcolm Baldrige (R 103).
After her United States Government career came to an end, Malcolm Baldrige became the cruise ship MV Ushuaia, operating between Argentina and Antarctica.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cite error: The named reference
NOAAships1989p9was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Ships of the NOAA Fleet, Office of NOAA Corps Operations, June 1989, p. 11.
- ^ a b c d Ships of the NOAA Fleet, Office of NOAA Corps Operations, June 1989, p. 13.
- ^ Ships of the NOAA Fleet, Office of NOAA Corps Operations, June 1989, p. 10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j antarcticatravels.com Our Vessels: Ushuaia