NOAAS Ronald H. Brown

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History
United States
NameNOAAS Ronald H. Brown
NamesakeRonald H. Brown (1941–1996), U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1993–1996)
Operator
NOAA
BuilderHalter Marine, Pascagoula
Laid downFebruary 1995
LaunchedMay 30, 1996
CompletedApril 25, 1997
HomeportCharleston, South Carolina
Identification
StatusActive
NOAA fleet
General characteristics
Tonnage3,180 gt; 1,332 dwt
Displacement3,250 tons
Length274 ft (84 m)
Beam52.5 ft (16.0 m)
Draft17.0 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion
  • 3 × 1,500 kW Diesel generators
  • 2 × 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) z-drive
  • 1,180 hp
    bow thruster
Speed15 knots max; 12 knots (22 km/h) cruise
Capacity32 passengers
Crew6 officers + 20 crew

NOAAS Ronald H. Brown (R 104) is a

Thomas G. Thompson-class blue-water research vessel of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, she is NOAA's only Global-Class research ship.[1]

The ship is named for United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, who was killed while in office in a plane crash on 3 April 1996 while on a trade mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

Construction and commissioning

Ronald H. Brown′s

laid at VT Halter Marine's Moss Point shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, in February 1995, and she was launched on 30 May 1996. NOAA commissioned her on 19 July 1997 at her home port, Charleston, South Carolina. She was NOAA's first newly built oceanographic research vessel
in 17 years.

Technical characteristics

At 274 feet (84 m) in length, Ronald H. Brown is the largest vessel in the

NOAA Corps commissioned officers, one commissioned U.S. Public Health Service medical officer, 22 [3] crew and a maximum of 31[3]
scientists.

The deck equipment features three winches, two fixed cranes, a portable crane, a hydrographic boom, and an A-frame. This equipment gives Ronald H. Brown a lifting capacity of up to 42,000 pounds (19,000 kg) as well as up to 10,000 metres (33,000 ft) of cable that can pull up to 8,100 pounds (3,700 kg). One of the winches is specifically for use with specialty cables such as optical fiber cables or coaxial EM Cable.

As a research vessel, a substantial amount of the ship is dedicated to laboratories. Included in the 4,100 square feet (380 m2) of laboratory space are a

wet laboratory
.

In addition to her state-of-the-art oceanographic sampling capabilities, the Ronald H. Brown has instrumentation to study the

Doppler weather radar for a better understanding of storm dynamics at sea. This combined atmospheric and oceanographic sampling capability makes the ship unique in the world's research fleet. Scientists aboard the vessel can study critical environmental issues across the world's oceans.[4]

Ronald H. Brown and three other research ships were all built to the same basic design. Her three

R/V Atlantis, operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
.

Operational history

Ronald H. Brown has participated in many national and international projects.[4]

On 18 July 2013, Ronald H. Brown departed Charleston;

Continental Shelf, including surveys conducted near Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean; assessments of the ecology of bays along the Alaska North Slope; and studies of the fisheries and oceanography of the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Alaska.[5]

See also

  • NOAA ships and aircraft

References

  1. ^ Federal Oceanographic Fleet Status Report May 2013
  2. ^ "Marine Operations - Office of Marine and Aviation Operations". www.moc.noaa.gov. Archived from the original on 28 April 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b c NOAA Ship Characteristics and Capabilities – Updated 12/6/2013
  4. ^ a b "Project Archives". NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown. February 10, 2004. Archived from the original on May 2, 2006. Retrieved May 9, 2006.
  5. ^ a b c d Hall, David, "NOAA research ship returns to Charleston home port after worldwide deployment," noaa.gov, March 27, 2017 Retrieved August 21, 2018

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