US FWS John R. Manning
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US FWS John R. Manning (FWS 1002) was an American fisheries research vessel in commission in the fleet of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1950 to 1969. She explored the Pacific Ocean in search of commercially valuable populations of fish and shellfish. After the end of her Fish and Wildlife Service career, she operated as the commercial fishing vessel MV R. B. Hendrickson until she sank in 1979.
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Name | US FWS John R. Manning |
Namesake | John Ruel Manning (1897–1939), pioneer in fishery product utilization research |
Operator | United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
Awarded | 27 June 1949 |
Builder | Pacific Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington |
Launched | early 1950 |
Commissioned | early 1950 |
Decommissioned | 1969 |
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Fate | Sold 1969 |
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Name | MV R. B. Hendrickson |
Acquired | 1969 |
Identification | IMO number: 7308047 |
Fate | Sank 13 May 1979 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fisheries research ship |
Tonnage | 550 GRT |
Displacement | 237 tons |
Length | 86.5 ft (26.4 m) |
Beam | 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m) or 24.5 ft (7.5 m) (sources disagree) |
Draft | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
Depth | 12 ft 8 in (3.9 m) |
Installed power | 2 x diesel generators |
Propulsion | 6-cylinder 320 hp (240 kW) Washington Iron Works diesel engine |
Speed | 7.75 knots (14 km/h) or 9 knots (17 km/h) (cruising) (sources disagree) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) |
Notes | SOURCES[1][2][3][4] |
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