NOAAS Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell docked on the south side of Salmon Bay, Seattle, Washington, United States, 2020. | |
| History | |
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| U.S. Coast And Geodetic Survey | |
| Name | USC&GS Mount Mitchell (MSS 22) |
| Namesake | Mount Mitchell in North Carolina |
| Builder | Aerojet-General Shipyards, Jacksonville, Florida |
| Launched | 29 November 1966 |
| Commissioned | 23 March 1968 |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
| NOAA | |
| Name | NOAAS Mount Mitchell (S 222) |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 1995 |
| Stricken | 1995 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Honors & awards | Department of Commerce Silver Medal 1992 |
| Fate | Sold 2001 |
| Private ownership | |
| Name | R/V Mt. Mitchell |
| Namesake | Abbreviated version of previous name |
| Owner | Mount Mitchell LLC |
| Operator | Global Seas LLC |
| Acquired | Purchased 2001 |
| In service | 2003 |
| Homeport | Seattle, Washington |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics (U.S. Government service) | |
| Class & type | Fairweather-class hydrographic survey ship |
| Type | S1-MT-27a |
| Tonnage |
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| Displacement | 1,800 tons |
| Length | 70.4 m (231 ft) |
| Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft) moulded |
| Draft | 4.4 m (14 ft) maximum |
| Installed power | 2,400 shaft horsepower (3.2 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | Two 1,200 hp (0.89 MW) General Motors geared diesel engines, 2 shafts, 107,000 US gallons (410,000 L) fuel; one 200 hp (0.15 MW) Detroit Diesel/Bird Johnson geared through-hull bow thruster |
| Speed | 12 to 12.5 knots (22.2 to 23.2 km/h) (cruising) |
| Range | 5,898 nautical miles (10,923 km) |
| Endurance | 22 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | Three or four 8.8 m (29 ft) survey launches, two motor whaleboats, three Boston Whaler utility boats |
| Complement | 49 (10 NOAA Corps officers, 4 licensed engineers, and 35 other crew members), plus up to 4 scientists |
| Notes | Ice-strengthened hull; 300 kilowatts electrical power plus 75-kilowatt emergency generator |
NOAAS Mount Mitchell (S 222) was an American survey vessel in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1970 to 1995. Prior to her NOAA career, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as USC&GS Mount Mitchell (MSS 22) from 1968 to 1970. In 2003, she returned to service as the private research ship R/V Mt. Mitchell.