NOAAS Townsend Cromwell
Research vessel · built 1963
In short
NOAAS Townsend Cromwell (Research vessel) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.
- Vessel type
- Research vessel
- Flag
- —
- Year built
- 1963
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Size (length × beam)
- 50 m
- Registered owner
- —
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Last reported position
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- Name
- NOAAS Townsend Cromwell
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 7309546
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- —
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- Research vessel
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- —
- Length overall
- 50 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1963
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- Operator
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
About NOAAS Townsend Cromwell
NOAAS Townsend Cromwell (R 443) was an American fisheries research vessel that was in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet from 1975 to 2002. Prior to her NOAA career, she was in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries fleet from 1963 to 1975 as US FWS Townsend Cromwell. After her NOAA career, the ship became MV Townsend Cromwell, first as the property of the government of American Samoa from 2002 to 2003 and then as a private yacht in New Zealand from 2003 to 2009. Since 2009, she has operated in Fiji as the passenger-cargo ship MV Lau Trader.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is NOAAS Townsend Cromwell now?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for NOAAS Townsend Cromwell in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is NOAAS Townsend Cromwell?
- NOAAS Townsend Cromwell is a research vessel, built in 1963. The vessel is 50 m long.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for NOAAS Townsend Cromwell?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for NOAAS Townsend Cromwell from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for NOAAS Townsend Cromwell. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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