Owner/operator: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Va.
Designer/builder: JMS Naval Architects, Mystic, Conn./Meridien Maritime Reparation, Matane, Quebec
Dimensions: L: 93’ B: 29’ D: 9’
Mission: Fisheries and oceanographic research vessel
Crew size: Five
Hull:
- Steel monohull
Propulsion:
- Cummins QSK19-M 660-hp main engine
- Finnoy gearbox
- Veth bow thruster
- (2) Kohler 99-kW auxiliary gensets
- Cruising speed: 10 knots
Capacities:
- Fuel: 8,700 gallons
- Potable water: 3,000 gallons
Navigation/communications:
- (2) Furuno FAR-2127-BB radars
- (2) Furuno TZTL electronic multifunction displays
- Rose Point Navigation Systems electronic charting software on a Dell embedded box PC
- Ritchie compass
- Furuno Class A AIS
- Simrad AP70 autopilot
- (2) VHF radios
- SAILOR FleetBroadband
- Beier dynamic positioning system
Deck equipment:
- (2) Hawboldt trawl winches
- (2) Hawboldt net winches
- Hawboldt CTD winch
- Toimil knuckle-boom crane
Additional equipment:
- CO2 onboard fire suppression
- (2) MP Pump fire pumps
- Honeywell Notifier fire alarm system
- Reverse osmosis system for making fresh water
Classifications:
- ABS Load Line certificate
- Letter of designation as an oceanographic research vessel
