NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (S 250)

NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (S 250)
NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (S 250)
History
United States
Name: Ferdinand R. Hassler
Namesake: Ferdinand R. Hassler
Owner: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Builder: VT Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
Laid down: June 2007[1]
Launched: 19 September 2009
Commissioned: 8 June 2012
Homeport: New Castle, New Hampshire
Identification:
Status: Active in NOAA Atlantic Fleet
General characteristics
Type: Coastal mapping vessel
Tonnage: 809 t (892 short tons)
Displacement: 738 t (814 short tons)
Length: 37.7 m (124 ft)
Beam: 18.5 m (61 ft)
Draft: 3.8 m (12 ft)
Speed: 12 kts.
Range: 2250 nm

NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (S 250) is a coastal mapping vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Commissioned on 8 June 2012, Ferdinand R. Hassler is one of the newest additions to the NOAA hydrographic charting fleet. Operating from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, the ship's primary mission is hydrographic survey in support of NOAA’s nautical charting mission. The ship's home port is New Castle, New Hampshire.[2]

On 8 May 2015, Ferdinand R. Hassler completed a US$1 million overhaul at the United States Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay outside Baltimore, Maryland.[3]

References

  1. ↑ United States Congress. House Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (2008). Commerce, Justice, science, and related agencies appropriations for 2009: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session. Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2009: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Second Session. U.S. Government Printing Office. LCCN 2008377082.
  2. ↑ http://www.moc.noaa.gov/fh/hassler_flier.pdf
  3. ↑ Anonymous, "Curtis Bay yard finishes $1M overhaul of NOAA mapping vessel," capitalgazette.com, May 8, 2015, 8:15 p.m. EDT Retrieved August 20, 2018
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  • "NOAA Commissions New Survey Vessel Ferdinand R. Hassler". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coast Survey. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
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