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RV Rachel Carson is a research vessel owned and operated by the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science, named in honor of the marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson.
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Name | Rachel Carson |
Namesake | Rachel Carson |
Operator | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
Builder | Hike Metal Products, Wheatley, Ontario |
Cost | USD$4.6m |
Christened | November 16, 2008 |
In service | 2009 |
Homeport | Solomons, Maryland |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Research vessel |
Tonnage | |
Length | 81 ft (25 m) o/a |
Beam | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Draft | 4 ft 8 in (1.42 m) |
Installed power | Two MTU 10V 2000 M-72 diesel engines, 2 × 1,205 hp (899 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
Capacity | Up to 5 persons overnight; maximum of 30 for educational cruises |
Crew | 2 |
The 81-foot aluminum-hulled vessel is an extended and modified Challenger class fast research vessel, designed by marine architect Roger Long.[2] It is equipped with twin 1,200 horsepower diesel engines and water jet drives which give a maximum speed of 24 knots. A dynamic positioning system automatically maintains the vessel's position.[3]
The ship was built by Hike Metal Products of Wheatley, Ontario,[3] at a cost of $4.6 million, and christened by Katie O'Malley on November 16, 2008, at Annapolis.[4]
The Rachel Carson has operated in Chesapeake Bay since early 2009, teaching estuarine sampling techniques, carrying out water quality surveys, plankton collection, box coring operations, and deploying instrument packages.[3]
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