NOAAS Thomas Jefferson
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Littlehales.
NOAAS Thomas Jefferson (S 222) is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hydrographic survey vessel in service since 2003. The ship was built for the United States Navy as USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52) serving as one of two new coastal hydrographic survey vessels from 1992 until transfer to NOAA in 2003 when it was named after Founding Father and third U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson.
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NOAAS Thomas Jefferson (S 222), in 2022. | |
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United States | |
Name | Littlehales |
Namesake | George Washington Littlehales |
Builder | Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi |
Laid down | October 25, 1989 |
Launched | February 14, 1991 |
Completed | January 10, 1992 (delivered to U.S. Navy) |
Identification | IMO number: 8892033 |
Fate | Transferred to NOAA, March 3, 2003 |
Notes | Served in U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command as USNS Littlehales (T-AGS-52), 1992-2003 |
United States | |
Name | Thomas Jefferson |
Namesake | Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third President of the United States (1801-1809), who authorized the Survey of the Coast, the earliest ancestor organization of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in 1807 |
Owner | NOAA |
Operator | NOAA |
Acquired | March 3, 2003 |
Commissioned | July 8, 2003 |
Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
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Status | Active in NOAA Atlantic Fleet |
General characteristics | |
Type | Hydrographic survey vessel |
Tonnage | 1,466 tons (gross) |
Displacement | 2,000 tons (loaded) |
Length | 208.0 ft (63.4 m) |
Beam | 45.0 ft (13.7 m) |
Draft | 14.0 ft (4.3 m) |
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Propulsion | One General Motors EMD12-645F7B turbocharged 900-rpm diesel engine, one Detroit Diesel 6V92N cruising diesel, one screw |
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Range | 19,200 nautical miles (35,600 km; 22,100 mi) |
Endurance | 45 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | Two 29.0 ft (8.8 m) survey launches, one 23.75 ft (7.24 m) (Zodiac) rigid-hulled inflatable boat |
Complement | 19 crew, 4 licensed engineers, 8 NOAA Corps commissioned officer, and up to 11 scientists |
Notes | 1,200 kilowatts electrical power |
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