 "Whiting" carried two 29-foot (8.8-meter) aluminum-hulled diesel-powered Jensen survey launches.For utility and rescue purposes, she also carried two open boats with gasoline-powered outboard motors, a 16-foot (4.9-meter) Boston Whaler fiberglass-hulled boat and 17-foot (5.2-meter) Monark aluminum-hulled boat.At the time of her decommissioning, "Whiting" was the most technologically advanced hydrographic survey platform in the world.