Specifications
Other Features:Dynamic positioning system (Kongsberg), ROV hangar, fully equipped machine shop, 1 rigid-hull rescue/work boat
| Delivered: | 2015 | 
| Ownership: | Title held by U.S. Navy; operated under charter agreement with Office of Naval Research | 
| Length: | Overall (LOA): 238 ft. Waterline (LWL): 230 ft. | 
| Draft: | 15 ft. | 
| Displacement: | 3,204 LT (long tons) | 
| Beam: | 50 ft. | 
| Speed: | 10 kts. (sustained) | 
| Range: | 11,500 nm | 
| Endurance: | 40 days | 
| Installed power: | 4176 kW (total) | 
| Towing: | 10,000 lbs. at 6 kts. 25,000 lbs. at 4 kts. | 
| Propulsion: | (x2) Siemens AC Electric Motors, 876 kW ea. (1175 hp ea.), 1752 kW total (2350 hp total) | 
| Bow Thruster: | (x1) White-Gill, 686 kW (920 hp) | 
| Stern Thruster: | (x1) Schottel, 620 kW (831 hp) | 
| Main Generators: | (x4) Cummings Diesels, 1044 kW ea. (1400 hp ea.), 4176 kW total (5600 hp total) | 
| Emergency Generator: | (x1) MTU Diesel, 210 kW (282 hp) | 
| Portable Van Space: | up to four 20 ft. vans | 
| Winches: | (x2) Markey CAST-6-125 Hydro winches rated to 24,000 lbs. for .322 EM cable and 3/8" wire rope (x1) Markey DETW-9-11 Traction Winch rated to over 25,000 lbs. for 9/16" wire, .680 EM/ .681 fiber optic cable | 
| Heavy Equipment: | (x1) CTD LARS (x1) ROV LARS (x1) Knuckle crane (x1) Stern A-Frame, rated to 30,000 lbs. | 
| Working deck area: | Aft of deckhouse: 1,873 sq. ft. Total stern: 2,557 sq. ft. Starboard side: 80 sq. ft. | 
| Laboratory area: | Main lab: 1,023 sq. ft. Wet lab: 398 sq. ft. Computer lab: 311 sq. ft. Staging bay: 303 sq. ft. | 
| Crew berths: | 20 | 
| Science berths: | 22 | 
Contact
Call Sign: WARL
Iridium Phone: 881-622-469-724
Fleet Broad Band Telephone: 870 773 929 929
INMARSAT C: 436903967
IMO Number: 9688946
Science
Acoustics
- Kongsberg EM124 Multibeam
- Kongsberg EM712 Multibeam
- Kongsberg SBP29 Sub Bottom Profiler
- Knudsen 3260 Sub Bottom Profiler
- 3.5 kHz transducer Array
- 12 kHz transducer Array
- Kongsberg Sonar Synchronization System (K-Sync)
- Sonardyne USBL
- EK80 Mid-Water Echo Sounder
Current Profilers
Water Sampling and Sensing
- SeaBird TSG
- SeaBird CTD Rosette (Standard WHOI setup)
- XBT (Expendable Bathythermograph) probes (approx. 1 per day)
Meteorological Sensors
- Vaisala WXT520 Weather Transmitter series
- Biospherical Instruments Q-Series PAR Irradiance and Reference sensors
- Eppley SPP/PIR Shortwave/Longwave Infrared Radiation Sensors
Navigation & Communication
- Kongsberg Seapath 380 GNSS aided Inertial Navigation System
- POS/MV Precision GPS
- Satellite Communication System
- Acoustic Monitoring System
- Science Seawater Distribution System
- HZG Wave Radar System
Files
General Arrangment Drawings ARMSTRONG
Equipment List and Drawings (1 of 2) ARMSTRONG
Equipment List & Drawings (2 of 2) ARMSTRONG
Nov 14, 2013 Presentation
WHOI presentation Nov 14, 2013 showing lab layouts and deck plans.

