Keel Laid: November 8, 1982
Launched: November 12, 1983
Commissioned: August 17, 1985
Decommissioned: September 26, 2007

Builder: Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay
Propulsion system: 4 Caterpiller 399 Diesels, 2 shafts, 
4,200 horsepower
Length, overall: 255 feet (77.7 meters)
Beam: 51 feet (15.5 meters) 
Draft: 18 feet
Displacement: 3.181 tons full load
Speed: 14 knots
Crew: 6 officers, 94 enlisted, 8 Special Forces personnel
Capacity: 
 - Salvage capability: 7.5-ton capacity boom forward; 40-ton 
capacity boom aft
 - Heavy lift: Capable of a hauling force of 150 tons
 - Diving Depth: 190 feet (57.9 meters), using air
Armament: 
 - 2 .50 cal machine gun mounts
 - 2 MK 38 25mm guns