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Activities Dimensions Capacities & Workspaces Range, Speed, Endurance Accommodations DP Equipment CTD Specs Coring Specs Underwater Vehicles Diving Capabilities Engineering Design Navigation & Communications Acoustics & Profiling Winches, Gantries & Cranes Construction |
Country: | USA |
NODC Code: |
3206 | ||
| Call Sign: | Unknown | |||||
| Owner: | Edison Chouest Offshore | |||||
| Operator: | Raytheon Polar Services Company | |||||
| Contact: | Dr. Jim Holik | |||||
| Address: |
Raytheon Polar Services Company 7400 S. Tucson Way Centennial, Colorado, 80112, U.S.A. |
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| Telephone: | 303-790-8606 | |||||
| Fax: | 303-792-9006 | |||||
| Email: | jim.holik@usap.gov | |||||
| Year Built: | 1992 | |||||
| Ship URL: | Link to Ship Home Page | |||||
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Ship Schedule URL: |
Ship Schedule via its Home Page | |||||
Main Dimensions |
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| Length OA: | 94 m | |||||
| Breadth: | 18.3 m | |||||
| Freeboard to working deck: | 3 m | |||||
| Max. draft: | 6.8 m | |||||
Main Vessel Activity |
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| Main Activity: | Antarctic oceanography | |||||
| Operating Area: | Southern Ocean | |||||
| Navy Grids Supported: | AN1-12, SA5A, SP4, SP7 | |||||
Capacities and Working Spaces |
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| Gross tonnage: | 6640 GRT | |||||
| Dry cargo holds: | 5000 m3 | |||||
| Fuel: | 1608.6 m3 | |||||
| Wet Labs Area: | 1159 m2 | |||||
| Dry Lab Area: | 2646 m2 | |||||
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Water Storage Capacity: |
Unknown | |||||
| Fresh Water Generator Capacity: | 45.4 m3/day | |||||
| Scientific Clean Water Generation: | Barnstead E-Pure four-holder system, Type I water (ultrapure), 2L per minute : Barnstead Diamond UV, TOC-free water | |||||
| Free Working Deck Area: | 372 m2 | |||||
| Space for container lab: | 3 on Helo Deck, 1 in Helo Hangar, 2 on Back Deck m | |||||
| Radioactive Isotope Work Areas: | 2 vans, 20’ x 8’ x 8’ m | |||||
Range, Speed and Endurance |
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| Range: | 15000 nautical miles | |||||
| Cruising Speed: | 12 kts. | |||||
| Max. Speed: | 16.5 kts. | |||||
| Endurance: | 70 days | |||||
Accommodation |
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| Officers: | 6 | |||||
| Other crew: | 22 | |||||
| Scientists: | 39 | |||||
| Air Conditioned: | Unknown | |||||
Data Processing Equipment: |
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| Computers: | Support Windows, Macintosh, Solaris and Linux operating systems. Usually 8-10 computers available for general use | |||||
| Printing/Plotting: | 2 b&w laser printers, 2 color laser printers, 2 HP DesignJet 800 PS color plotters, 1 EPC 9802 plotter, 1 EPC 1086 plotter, 1 scanner, 1 b&w copier | |||||
CTD Specifications: |
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| CTD Aboard: | Designed for high-resolution, the SeaBird 911+ offers real-time operation via sea cable telemetry, includes a solid state memory module, and has a maximum depth of 6800 m. The CTD is mounted on a 24 bottle General Oceanics rosette sampler. | |||||
| CTD Type: | SeaBird 911+ | |||||
| CTD Tow able: | No | |||||
| CTD Oxygen Sensing: | Sea-Bird Electronics, max depth 7000m | |||||
| CTD Transmissivity: | Transmissometer, (25cm pathlength), max depth 6000-M, WETLabs | |||||
| CTD Fluormeter: | Fluorometer, max depth 6000-M, WETLabs | |||||
| CTD Rosette: | Rosette Frame, 12 Position, 30L bottles; Rosette Frame, 12 Position, Sea-Bird Electronics; Rosette Frame, 24 Position, Sea-Bird Electronics | |||||
Coring Specifications: |
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| Coring Capabilities Aboard: | The vessel can be equipped with several different coring devices designed to take vertical samples of sediment from the sea floor. | |||||
| Grab Sampler: | Smith-MacIntyre | |||||
| Box Corer: | Yes | |||||
| Gravity Corer: | Kasten | |||||
| Piston Corer: | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | |||||
| Multi Corer: | Bowers and Connelly | |||||
Underwater Vehicle Capabilities: |
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| Underwater Vehicle Support: | Unknown | |||||
| ROVs: | Hy-Ball | |||||
| AUVs: | Unknown | |||||
| Submersibles: | Unknown | |||||
Diving Support: |
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| Diving Capabilities: | 1 dive compressor, 1 dive van (20’ x 8’ x 8.5’) for storage/setup of dive equipment, DAN (Divers Alert Network) Oxygen Kit | |||||
Engineering Design Particulars |
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Ice Breaking Ability: |
Rated ABS-A2, capable of breaking 3 feet of level ice at 3 knots | |||||
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Hull Materials: |
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Low temperature, strengthened steel alloy, 1 9/16”
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| Dynamic Positioning Ability: | Yes | |||||
| Engines: | Main engine(s):
number:
4
make:
Caterpillar 3512, Diesel
Power (BHP) each engine: 1400 BHP Propeller Diameter: 4 m Max. RPM: 970 Total power auxiliary diesels: 5600 HP |
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| Electrical Systems: | ||||||
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AC |
Voltages: | 208, 480V | ||||
| kVA: | Unknown | |||||
| Phases: | 3/3 | |||||
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Frequency: |
60/60 Hz | |||||
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Stabilized System: VAC Unknown AMPs Hz |
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DC |
24V Volts with 24V Volts Max |
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Fixed Equipment |
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| Navigational Equipment: | GPS (Furono); SeaPath 200 GPS (Seatex); HF WEFAX (Furono); 10cm radar (Furono); 3cm radar (Furono); Simrad HF RDF; Taiyo VHF RDF | |||||
| Communications Equipment: | VHF: Sailor (RT146, Bridge to Bridge), Sailor (RT2048, Main), Sailor (RM2042, Watch Receiver); HF SSB: Sailor (SP300), Sailor (T2130) | |||||
| Satellite Communications Equipment: | Inmarsat-A (JRC JUE-45A, JUE-45A); Inmarsat-B (NERA Saturn-B HSD); Inmarsat-C (Sailor); Iridium Phone (Motorola 9500) | |||||
| GPS: | Unknown | |||||
| Echosounders: | 3kHz 12kHz | |||||
| Sonar Type: | Fisheries | |||||
| Sea Surface Mapping System: | Unknown | |||||
| Side Scanning: | Datasonics Chirp Sidescan Sonar / Sub-Bottom Profiler, SIS-1000, max. depth 1000 m | |||||
| Multibeam: | Kongsberg EM120 @ 12 kHz w/ 120deg swath | |||||
| Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler: | RD Instruments, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, VM-150 Narrow Band | |||||
| Silent Ship Operations: | Unknown | |||||
| Winches: | 3 | |||||
| Steel Wire Length: 10000 m, safe working load: Unknown | ||||||
| Conducting Cable Length: 10000 m , safe working load: Unknown | ||||||
| Trawl winch length: 9999 m , safe working load: Unknown | ||||||
| Other Winches: | ||||||
| Length: 9999 m , safe working load: Unknown | ||||||
| Gantry: | Position: | Fantail, Starboard, Telescoping boom for Baltic Room | ||||
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Clearance above deck: 9.14 m , and outboard extension: 5.5 m |
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Safe working load at maximum reach: 20 tons |
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| Crane: | Position: | Bow, Forward | ||||
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Clearance above deck: Unknown and outboard extension: 30 m |
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Safe working load at maximum reach: 5 tons |
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| Other: | Unknown | |||||
Vessel Construction and Maintenance Supervision |
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| Construction Supervised by: | Edison Chouest Offshore, Galliano, Louisiana, USA | |||||
| Classification Society: | ABS | |||||
| Others, Specify: | Unknown | |||||
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