RV Endeavor

Wave crashing on Endeavor's bow.
History
United States
NameRV Endeavor
OwnerNational Science Foundation
OperatorUniversity of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO)
Port of registryU.S.
BuilderPeterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI.
Laid down1975
AcquiredNovember 1976
Identification
StatusActive
NotesDesigned by John Gilbert Associates; Replaced RV Trident; mid-life refit at Peterson Builders, Inc. in 1993
General characteristics
Tonnage298 GRT
Length185 feet OA, 165 feet WL[1]
Beam33 feet
Draught19 feet 6 inches (aft)
Propulsion1 GM/EMD diesel engine; 3,050 shaft HP @ 900 RPM (maximum), Single screw with controllable pitch, Kort steering nozzle; J. Samual White Waterjet, 320 HP, DC variable speed and direction bow thruster
Speed10 knots
CapacityMaximum Scientific Load: 89,600 pounds (of which the 01 deck is limited to 22,400 pounds)
Crew12 Crew, Up to 18 Scientists
NotesSister ship of RV Oceanus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and RV Wecoma at Oregon State University

RV Endeavor is a research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Rhode Island (URI) under a Charter Party Agreement as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet. The vessel is homeported at the Narragansett, Rhode Island at the URI Bay Campus.[2]

The 185-foot (56 m) Endeavor, built by Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin,[3] replaced RV Trident in 1976.[4]

She likely was named for Captain James Cook's ship HMS Endeavour, for which the Space Shuttle Endeavour is also named.

References

  1. ^ "Endeavor Specifications". University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Endeavor Marine Operations". Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Endeavor Specifications". University of Rhode Island. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  4. ^ "URI History and Timeline". University of Rhode Island. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
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