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NOAA Vessel Launched
A new NOAA fisheries survey vessel, was launched in Mississippi. The ship, christened Pisces by Dr. Annette Nevin Shelby, professor emerita at Georgetown University and wife of Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, has been designed to meet NOAA Fisheries' specific data collection requirements as well as the new standards for a low acoustic signature set by the International Council for Exploration of the Seas. Pisces is the third of four new fisheries survey vessels of the same class. It will be homeported in Pascagoula, Miss., when placed into operation in late 2008, and will support NOAA Fisheries research and assessments in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and along the U.S. southeastern seaboard. Pisces was named by a team of students from Sacred Heart School in Southaven, Miss., which won a regional NOAA contest to name the ship and subsequently participated in her keel laying ceremony in June 2006. The contest was an educational initiative to help students learn more about their region's marine and coastal environment as well as to generate a greater interest in scientific studies. "The christening and launch of Pisces is a major step in the revitalization of our NOAA fleet," said retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr., Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. "This new ultra quiet ship continues our course for the future of fisheries and marine ecosystem research in the region." Pisces is the third of four planned 208-ft. fisheries survey vessels to be built by VT Halter Marine that are replacing aging ships in the NOAA fleet. Her capabilities will far exceed those of older NOAA ships, including Pascagoula-based Oregon II. "VT Halter Marine has a proven global track record of designing and constructing ships that meet our clients' specific requirements. We are particularly delighted to be working with NOAA on this third vessel of the same design. Not only will she greatly increase NOAA's technical capabilities at sea just as her sister ships are doing, she will support research in our own Gulf region," said Boyd E. King, CEO of VT Halter Marine, Inc. The NOAA fleet of research and survey ships and aircraft is operated, managed and maintained by Vessel Specifications NOAA NOAA's Office of Marine Owner Mission Fisheries Survey and Aviation Operations, Length 63.6 m 15.0 m which includes commis- Beam Depth 8.65 m 5.9 m sioned officers of the Maximum Draft Delivery Date Second Half of 2008 NOAA Corps and civilians. The NOAA Corps is Main Propulsion Z73 FD4 SCO/60H Model DHT 900 Ansaldo one of the nation's seven Manufacturer 3,016 hp/ 2,250 kW uniformed services, and, HP@RPM @ 134 rpm as part of NOAA, is under Ship's Service Power the U.S. Department of Model Two 3512/ Two 3508 Manufacturer Caterpillar Commerce. KW Two @ 1,360 KW/
Two @ 910 KW Propellers Diameter Pitch Number of Blades Steering System Speed Hull Construction Crew Capacity Tankage (Gallons) Fuel Ballast Fresh Water Rolls Royce 4.3 m 4.15 m Five Rolls Royce 14 Knots Steel Hull/ Aluminum Deckhouse 39 350 MT 375 MT 36 MT
PISCES is launched into the Escawtawpa River at VT Halter Marine's Moss Point, Miss., shipyard. 46 MTR
Ancillary Equipment Rapp Hydema Trawling System Huber Stern Gantry and Side Frame Amclyde Centerboard Handling System Elliot White Gill Bow Thruster Classification / Certification ABS - A1, AMS, ACCU, DPS-1, and Ice Class COUSCG Subchapter USOLAS
January 2008
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