Myrtle Irene

The Myrtle Irene (USCG id: 643114)^[1] is a crewed flat-topped power barge adapted into a littorals at-sea excavator dredge mining vessel designed By Tony Messina out of Northern Wisconsin .^[2] It is owned by Arctic Sea Mining, LLC and its registered home port is Nome, Alaska, USA.^[1] This excavator dredge mining barge is introduced and featured since the 2018 season 10 in Bering Sea Gold, a Discovery Channel USA reality TV show on sea mining for gold in Alaska.^[3][4][5][6] The excavator dredge cost $6,000,000 to build.^[7]

Specifications

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Vessel 1495

• Launch date: 1981
• Length: 120 ft (37 m) ; 130 ft (40 m) with extension.
• Width: 45 ft (14 m)
• Depth: 7 ft (2.1 m)
• Net tonnage: 317 short tons (288 tonnes)
• Gross tonnage: 600 short tons (540 tonnes)

• Mining rate: 300 cu ft (8.5 m³) per hour
• Mining depth: 30 ft (9.1 m)

See also

• Tuvli 160
• Christine Rose (dredge)
• AU Grabber
• Viking Dredge 1
• Viking Dredge 2
• Bima (dredge)