RV Rachel Carson (2008)
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image= | Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= United States | Ship flag= {{USN flag|2012}} | Ship name= Rachel Carson | Ship namesake=Rachel Carson | Ship owner= | Ship operator=University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Hike Metal Products, Wheatley, Ontario | Ship original cost=USD$4.6m | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened=November 16, 2008 | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service=2009 | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport=Solomons, Maryland | Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|367380790}}
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| Ship displacement= | Ship length= {{Convert|81|ft|m|abbr=on}} o/a | Ship beam= {{Convert|18|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draft= {{Convert|4|ft|8|in|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship power=Two MTU 10V 2000 M-72 diesel engines, 2{{nbsp}}×{{nbsp}}{{Convert|1205|hp|0|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=* Two Hamilton HM 651 water jets
| Ship speed= {{Convert|24|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship capacity= Up to 5 persons overnight; maximum of 30 for educational cruises | Ship crew=2 | Ship sensors= | Ship notes= }} |
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.
The 81-foot aluminum-hulled vessel is an extended and modified Challenger class fast research vessel, designed by marine architect Roger Long.{{cite web |url=http://www.jmsnet.com/rv_design.htm |title=Research Vessel Design |work=JMS Naval Architects & Salvage Engineers |year=2012 |accessdate=21 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107205725/http://jmsnet.com/rv_design.htm |archivedate=7 January 2013 }} 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.
The ship was built by Hike Metal Products of Wheatley, Ontario,{{cite web |url= http://www.umces.edu/research-discovery/rv-rachel-carson |title=The R/V Rachel Carson |work=University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |year=2012 |accessdate=21 October 2012}} at a cost of $4.6 million, and christened by Katie O'Malley on November 16, 2008, at Annapolis.{{cite web |url= http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/CQ/V07N4/side3/ |title=New R/V Rachel Carson Commissioned |work=Chesapeake Quarterly |year=2008 |accessdate=21 October 2012}}
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.
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Category:Environmental science
Category:Research vessels of the United States
Category:Ships built in Ontario