Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. NOAAS Mount Mitchell (S 222), previously USC&GS Mount Mitchell, was a survey vessel which served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1968 to 1970 and in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey vessel from 1970 to 1995. Mount Mitchell was built at the Aerojet-General Shipyards in Jacksonville, Florida. Launched on 29 November 1966, she was commissioned into the Coast and Geodetic Survey in March 1968 as USC&GS Mount Mitchell. When the Survey merged with other organizations to form NOAA in 1970, she became part of the NOAA fleet as NOAAS Mount Mitchell (S 222). She was the sister ship of the NOAAS Fairweather and NOAAS Rainier, which are both still in service. Mount Mitchell operated as a multipurpose vessel. She had an oceanographic laboratory, several echosounders, and an oceanographic winch.