NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow

History

United States
Name	NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow (R 225)
Namesake	Henry Bryant Bigelow (1879–1967), American oceanographer, zoologist, and marine biologist
Operator	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Builder	VT Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi
Cost	$54 Million
Laid down	21 May 2004
Launched	8 July 2005
Sponsored by	Kathleen Gregg, wife of Senator Judd Gregg, represented by Catherine Silver
Completed	20 July 2006 (delivered)
Commissioned	16 July 2007
Homeport	Newport, Rhode Island
Identification	IMO number: 9349057 MMSI number: 369991000 Call sign: WTDF
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Fisheries research vessel
Displacement	1,840 metric tons (light) 2,479 metric tons (full load)
Length	63.8 m (209 ft)
Beam	15.0 m (49.2 ft)
Draft	5.90 m (19.4 ft) (centerboard retracted) 9.05 m (29.7 ft) (centerboard extended)
Depth	8.65 m (28.4 ft)
Propulsion	Integrated diesel electric, 24-pulse DC SCR drive system Two 1,150-kW (1,542-hp) propulsion motors on a common shaft One 720 kW (970 hp) AC induction azimuthing bow thruster Two 1,360-kW diesel generators Two 910-kW diesel generators One 4.3-meter-diameter (14-foot) fixed-pitch propeller
Speed	14 knots (sustained) Up to 11 knots during hydroacoustic surveying
Range	12,000 nmi at 12 knots
Endurance	40 days at 12 knots
Complement	39 (20 crew and up to 19 scientists)

NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow (R 225) is a fisheries research vessel operated by the United States' National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She is the second in a class of five fisheries research vessels. She is named after Henry Bryant Bigelow (1879-1967), the American oceanographer, zoologist, and marine biologist who founded the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.