TSSOM Facts

Owner		United States Maritime Administration Department of Transportation
Operator		Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME 04420 USA
Former Name & Class	USNS Tanner	Fast Oceanographic Research Vessel
Building Details	Year built Built by	1990 Bethship, Sparrows Pt. MD
Call Sign	W C A H
IMO #	8835217
ABS ID #	9003998
USCG ID #	CG029703

LOA	499.83 feet	152.35 meters
LBP	476.00 feet	145.09 meters
Breadth, Molded	72.00 feet	21.95 meters
Depth, Molded	42.00 feet	12.80 meters
Draft, Summer	30.46 feet	9.28 meters

Displacement, Summer	16,258.9 Ltons	16,590.7 Mtons
Deadweight	7001.6 Ltons	7144.5 Mtons
Draft, Lightship	19.59 feet	6.04 meters

Certificated Passengers & Crew	288

Tonnage, Registered U.S. & International Suez Canal Panama Canal	Gross 12542 N/A N/A	Net 3762 N/A 10540

Draft, Normal Operating	28.00 feet	8.53 meters
Air Draft, Normal	123.00 feet	37.49 meters

Engineering and Miscellaneous Properties

Main Engine	MAK 601 C	8046 HP 6000 kW
Emergency & Training Propulsion	Siemens/Reliance Electric motor	2010 HP 1499 kW
Auxiliaries (3)	MAK 332	1207 HP 900 kW
Watermaker	Alfa Laval Nirex	600 GPH
Fuel capacity	IFO 180 476,803 gallons	MGO 379,116 gallons
Daily Consumption	22 Ltons @ Sea	7 Ltons @ Sea & in Port

Propeller	LIPS Controllable Pitch	16.4 feet Dia. 15.1 feet Max Pitch
Rudder	Semi-balanced	Spade
Maximum Ship Speed	16.0 Kts. Diesel	6.0 Kts. Electric
Lifeboats	Diesel	(2) x 53 person
Lifeboats	Oar / Sail	(2) x 59 person
Liferafts	Davit Launched	(8) x 25 person
Liferafts	Throw over	(4) x 25 person
Liferaft	Training (Davit)	(1) x 25 person
Rescue Boats	18 feet 5.4 meter RIB with 90 HP Outboard + SOLAS Package	(2) with Davits P&S