NOAAS Townsend Cromwell
NOAAS Townsend Cromwell (R 443) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | |
| Name | US FWS Townsend Cromwell |
| Namesake | Townsend Cromwell (1922-1958), American oceanographer |
| Builder | J. Ray McDermott Company, Morgan City, Louisiana |
| Launched | July 1963 |
| Acquired | November 1963 (delivery) |
| Commissioned | 25 January 1964 |
| Identification | Call sign WTDF |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1975 |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
| Name | NOAAS Townsend Cromwell (R 443) |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | Transferred from Fish and Wildlife Service 1975 |
| Commissioned | June 1975 |
| Decommissioned | 10 October 2002 |
| Homeport | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Identification |
|
| Fate |
|
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fisheries research ship |
| Tonnage |
|
| Displacement | 652 tons |
| Length | 163 ft (50 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 12.7 ft (3.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Two 400-shp (298-kW) White-Superior geared diesel engines, two three-bladed controllable-pitch propellers |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) (cruising) |
| Range | 8,160 nautical miles (15,110 km) |
| Endurance | 3 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
|
| Complement | 17, plus up to 9 scientists |
.gif){kind=link}
NOAAS Townsend Cromwell (R 443) was an American fisheries research vessel that was in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet from 1975 to 2002. Prior to her NOAA career, she was in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries fleet from 1963 to 1975 as US FWS Townsend Cromwell.
After her NOAA career, the ship became MV Townsend Cromwell, first as the property of the government of American Samoa from 2002 to 2003 and then as a private yacht in New Zealand from 2003 to 2009. Since 2009, she has operated in Fiji as the passenger-cargo ship MV Lau Trader.