RV Wecoma
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= Wecoma }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United States|government}} |Ship name=Wecoma |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= National Science Foundation |Ship operator=Oregon State University College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service=1975 |Ship out of service=2012 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit=1994 |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=Newport, Or |Ship identification=*{{IMO Number|7604439}}
|Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate= Decommissioned and scrapped, 2012 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement=1150 long tons |Ship length=184.5 ft (56.4 m) |Ship beam=33 ft (10.1 m) |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft=18.5 ft (5.6 m) |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=Diesel, controllable-pitch propeller |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed={{convert|12|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}, {{convert|14|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} max |Ship range={{convert|7200|nmi|km|abbr=on}} |Ship endurance=30 days |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity=60 long ton |Ship troops= |Ship complement=13 civilian mariners, 18 scientific party |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= none |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |
RV Wecoma is a research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University (OSU) as a member of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet.http://www.shipops.oregonstate.edu/ops/wecoma/cpm.html#Scheduling | Scheduling of R/V WECOMA It is based in Newport in the U.S. state of Oregon near OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center. Launched in 1975, it has a maximum displacement of {{convert|1150|LT|0}}.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/05/life_aquatic_with_osu_needs_ne.html|title=Life aquatic with OSU needs a new research ship|last=Learn|first=Scott|date=May 8, 2009|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=2009-05-09}}
The {{convert|184.5|ft|m|adj=on}} ship is equipped with {{convert|1174|ft2|m2}} of laboratory space to support up to 18 scientists at sea. It has a variety of equipment permanently installed, and optional additional equipment available on request, to measure and analyze navigational data; surface atmospheric conditions; sea surface temperature, salinity, fluorescence; bottom depth; dissolved oxygen titration; solar radiation; GPS time; bioacoustics; and geological sampling. The range of depths of submerged equipment varies from {{convert|3000|to|6000|m|ft}}. The vessel can support diving operations, radioactive isotope materials, and explosive materials.{{cite web
| url = http://www.shipops.oregonstate.edu/ops/wecoma/cpm.html#Section%20I
| title = Cruise Planning Manual
| date = October 2006
| accessdate = 2008-12-18
}}
Wecoma made her last operational cruise November 2011 and was scheduled to be retired with the interim replacement ship being the former Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution operated R/V Oceanus.{{cite web |url=http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2012/jan/osu-retire-one-research-vessel-take-over-operation-another |title=Osu To Retire One Research Vessel, Take Over Operation Of Another |author=News and Research Communications, Oregon State University |date=January 17, 2012 |publisher=Oregon State University |accessdate=16 February 2012}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101229082639/http://www.shipops.oregonstate.edu/ops/wecoma/ Wecoma Homepage]
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Category:Research vessels of the United States
Category:University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research vessels
Category:Oregon State University
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