NOAAS Miller Freeman
| History | |
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| Bureau of Commercial Fisheries | |
| Name | US FWS Miller Freeman |
| Namesake | Miller Freeman (1875-1955), American publisher and advocate for American fisheries and the use of scientific fact in managing fisheries |
| Builder | American Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio |
| Cost | $3,400,000 (USD) |
| Launched | 2 April 1966 |
| Acquired | June 1967 (delivery) |
| Commissioned | 1967 |
| Decommissioned | 1 July 1970 |
| Homeport | Seattle, Washington |
| Identification | Call sign WTDM |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
| United States | |
| Name | NOAAS Miller Freeman (R 223) |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | Transferred from Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 3 October 1970 |
| Recommissioned | 1975 |
| Out of service | October 2010 |
| Decommissioned | 29 March 2013 |
| Homeport | Newport, Oregon |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold 5 December 2013 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fisheries and oceanographic research ship |
| Tonnage |
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| Displacement | 1,920 tons |
| Length | 215 ft (66 m) |
| Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
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| Propulsion | One General Motors 2,200-hp (1.64-mW) geared diesel engine, one four-bladed controllable-pitch propeller, one 400-hp (298-kW) Schottle lowerable omnidirectional bow thruster |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) (cruising) |
| Range | 12,582 nautical miles (23,302 km) |
| Endurance | 31 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Complement | 34 (7 NOAA Corps officers, 4 licensed engineers, and 23 other crew members), plus up to 11 scientists |
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NOAAS Miller Freeman (R 223) was an American fisheries and oceanographic research vessel that was in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet from 1975 to 2013. Prior to her NOAA career, she was in commission in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries from 1967 to 1970 as US FWS Miller Freeman.