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{{short description|American research vessel}}
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|Ship country=Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1967}} [[File:Flag of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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|Ship namesake=[[Miller Freeman]] (1875-1955), American publisher and advocate for American fisheries and the
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|Ship name=NOAAS ''Miller Freeman'' (R 223)
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|Ship type=[[Fishery|Fisheries]] and [[Oceanography|oceanographic]] [[research ship]]
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*680 [[net ton]]s |Ship displacement=1,920 [[Displacement ton|ton]]s
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'''NOAAS ''Miller Freeman'' (R 223)'''
== Construction and commissioning ==
[[File:NOAAS Miller Freeman (R 223) launching.jpg|200px|left|thumb|The [[American Shipbuilding Company]] [[Ship naming and launching|launches]] ''Miller Freeman'' at [[Lorain, Ohio|Lorain]], [[Ohio]], on 2 April 1966.]][[File:RV Miller Freeman in 1967.jpg|200px|left|thumb|''Miller Freeman'' in [[Lake Erie]] off [[Ohio]] just after her completion in 1967.]]''Miller Freeman'' was designed in 1965 to meet the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries{{'}} need for a large vessel for [[Oceanography|oceanographic]] research and the open-ocean investigation of fisheries.<ref name="afsc">[http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/history/vessels/boats/freeman.htm AFSC Historical Corner:
== Characteristics and capabilities ==
When completed in 1967, ''Miller Freeman'' was the largest research ship in the history of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and its ancestor organizations,<ref name="afsc"/> and she remained one of the largest research [[Commercial trawler|trawlers]] in the United States throughout her career.<ref name="characteristics"
''Miller Freeman'' had two [[Crane (machine)|cranes]] with a maximum lifting capacity of 8,500 pounds (3,856 [[Kilogram|kg]]) and a third crane with a lifting capacity of {{convert|2,750
''Miller Freeman'' had various [[laboratory]] capabilities, including s 300-[[Square foot|square-foot]] (sq.-ft.) (27.9-[[Square meter|square-meter]]) (m²) [[wet laboratory]], a 300-sq.-ft. (27.9-m²) fish-processing laboratory, a 240-sq.-ft. (22.3-m²) rough laboratory, a 170-sq.-ft. (15.8-m²)
''Miller Freeman'' carried three boats:
In addition to her crew of 34, ''Miller Freeman'' could accommodate up to 11 scientists.<ref name="noaamoc"/>
Crew:
Chief Engineer - Stephen Bus Ret. 2013
== Service history ==
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Due to a lack of funding for her operations, ''Miller Freeman'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 1 July 1970.<ref name="afsc"/> When NOAA was established on 3 October 1970, she became part of NOAA{{'}}s fleet as '''NOAAS ''Miller Freeman'' (R 223)''', although she remained inactive. Work began on the completion of her rigging, but it, too, suffered from a lack of funding and was suspended at the end of 1972. Work on her rigging eventually resumed, including the installation of a much-needed five-ton (4,536-kg) crane aft, and when it finally was completed she was recommissioned in 1975.<ref name="afsc"/> She was re-rigged in 1982.<ref name="noaamoc">[http://www.moc.noaa.gov/mf/index.html NOAA Ship ''Miller Freeman'']</ref>
Operated by NOAA{{'}}s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations after her recommissioning with her home port at Seattle, [[
In 1976, ''Miller Freeman'' discovered [[mastodon]] or [[mammoth]] tusk, tooth, and jaw fragments during trawl hauls in the [[Chukchi Sea]] and [[Kotzebue Sound]]. The discovery was of interest to researchers studying the ancient [[Bering Land Bridge]].<ref name="afsc"/>
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In 1988, two of ''Miller Freeman''{{'}}s crew members – [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]] Edward R. Cassano, [[NOAA Corps]], and Daniel W. Granstrom – received the [[Department of Commerce Silver Medal]] for their role in fighting a major fire that broke out aboard the ship while she was in port at Seattle. Cassano and Granstrom went below decks to fight the fire without regard for their own safety and over the course of an hour repeatedly led [[firefighter]]s of the [[Seattle Fire Department]] below decks to guide them in extinguishing the blaze, only allowing themselves to be treated for [[heat exhaustion]] after the fire was under control.<ref>[http://www.history.noaa.gov/hallofhonor/lifesaving_1955-2000other.html NOAA History: Hall of Honor: Commerce Medals Presented For Lifesaving and the Protection of Property 1955-2000]</ref>
''Miller Freeman'' became inactive in October 2010<ref name="afsc"/> and was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 29 March 2013.<ref name="
''Miller Freeman'' was sold at auction on 5 December 2013 for $337,550 ([[USD]]).<ref name="afsc"/>
==Post-decommissioning==
As of early 2018, ex-''Miller Freeman'' reportedly was tied up at a commercial [[Tugboat|tug]] and [[towing]] company's facilities adjacent to the [[Pattullo Bridge]] in the [[Fraser River]] at [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]].<ref>[http://www.shipspotting.com/ships/ship.php?imo=6621636 shipspotting.com]</ref> By early January 2019, she had been moved to [[Maple Ridge, British Columbia|Maple Ridge]], British Columbia, also on the Fraser River, and had been tied up side-by-side with the former NOAA [[survey ship]] [[NOAAS Surveyor (S 132)|NOAAS ''Surveyor'' (S 132)]], which NOAA had decommissioned in 1995.<ref [http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2976324 shipspotting.com]</ref> Soon after the ship was sailed to Mexico for salvage.
==See also==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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