Built During the Cold War: This 323' NOAA Research Ship May Have Had Covert Mission Capabilities
- The Yacht Channel
- Apr 4
- 1 min read
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About This Vessel
Rumors swirl around the idea that this vessel was built at the height of the Cold War and its real mission was tracking Soviet Submarines.
USC&GS Oceanographer (OSS 01) was commissioned as an "ocean survey ship" with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., on 13 July 1966 under the command of Captain Arthur L. Wardwell. With her home port at Seattle, Washington, she was the second Coast and Geodetic Survey ship of the name, and served as flagship of the Survey's fleet.
When the Coast and Geodetic Survey and other United States Government agencies combined to form NOAA on 3 October 1970, she became the research ship NOAAS Oceanographer (R 101), the first NOAA ship to bear the name, as well as flagship of the NOAA fleet.
During her 30 years of service, Oceanographer sailed over 2,000,000 nautical miles in some of the most extreme ocean environments on the planet — a testament to the rugged construction and ocean-going capability that makes vessels like this ideal candidates for expedition yacht conversion.
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