.jpg) NOAAS Whiting (S 329)
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| History | |
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  United States | |
| Name | USC&GS Whiting (CSS 29) |
| Namesake | Henry Laurens Whiting (1821-1897), U.S. Coast Survey and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey employee (1838-1897) and renowned topographic surveyor |
| Builder | Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia |
| Launched | 20 November 1962 |
| Acquired | July 1963 (delivery) |
| Commissioned | 8 July 1963 |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
 United States | |
| Name | NOAAS Whiting (S 329) |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 2 May 2003 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to Mexican Navy 28 April 2005 |
 Mexico | |
| Name | Río Tuxpan (BI-12) |
| Namesake | Tuxpan River |
| Acquired | Transferred from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to Mexican Navy 28 April 2005 |
| Commissioned | 28 April 2005 |
| Renamed | ARM Amealco (BI-07), 2023 |
| Namesake | Amealco de Bonfil, a town in Querétaro, Mexico |
| Identification | IMO number: 6601973 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | S1-MT-59a |
| Type | Survey ship |
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| Displacement | 907 tons |
| Length | 49.7 m (163 ft) |
| Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
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| Propulsion | Two geared 800-bhp (597-kW) General Motors diesel engines, two shafts, 4,300 U.S. gallons (16,277 liters fuel) |
| Speed | 12.0 knots |
| Range | 5,700 nm |
| Endurance | 20 days |
| Crew | 33 (8 officers, 25 other crew, 2 scientists) plus up to 6 temporarily embarked personnel |
NOAAS Whiting (S 329), was an American survey ship that was in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 to 2003. Previously, she had been in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1963 to 1970 as USC&GS Whiting (CSS 29).
In 2005 the ship was transferred to Mexico, and she was commissioned in the Mexican Navy as ARM Río Tuxpan (BI-12), Mexico's first dedicated hydrographic survey ship, and then renamed ARM Amealco (BI-07) in 2023.