TWR 7 (Chaparral) at CFMETR
Chaparral is a US Navy 85 ft. Target Torpedo Retriever Vessel currently assigned to CFMETR. Chapparal’s duties include the retrieval of targets, torpedoes, mk 30 Targets, range security and deployment of oceanographic measurement instrumentation.
Chapparal’s home port is Submarine Base, Pearl Harbour, in Hawaii.
- Material: Aluminum
- Length: 85′
- Beam: 18’10”
- Draft: 10′
- Displacement: 135,000 pounds
- Capacity: 22,120 pound
- Crew: 8
- Fuel: 2.400 gallons
- Range: 1,000 miles
- Engines: 2 x 580 HP Detroit 7162-7200 type 16V 71 diesel
- Propulsion: 2 x 3 bladed, 3” bore, 35” stainless steel
- Speed: 20 knots