Ship Operations

0072938罗得岛的哈哈勒大学将在2000年期间操作R/V奋进号作为一艘通用海洋学研究船，以支持国家科学基金会资助的研究项目。 奋进号是一艘184英尺长的。该船于1976年建造，1993年进入中年，由国家科学基金会拥有，由罗得岛大学运营。 该船预定在2000年期间共作业211天，其中100天用于支助国家安全部队支助的调查人员。 其余的巡航将支持海军，NOAA和USGS项目。 计划在奋进号上进行的项目代表了几个海洋学学科，包括仪器测试、系泊部署和回收、浮游生物研究和化学海洋学，并将充分利用该船的能力。“奋进号”是美国国家科学基金会用于支持海洋科学研究的船队的一部分。2000年的行动将主要在北大西洋进行，从缅因州海湾一直到南部的大西洋城海岸。 大多数海洋项目需要在船上永久安装高度专业化的设备，因此需要专门的船舶。 这些船只的运作方式与普通货船/渔船不同。 因此，NSF支持由全国各地的大学和机构运营的各种专门用于海洋学研究的船舶的运营。

0072938HahnThe University of Rhode Island will operate the R/V Endeavor during 2000 as a general oceanographic research vessel in support of NSF-supported research projects. The Endeavor is a 184 ft. vessel, constructed in 1976 with a midlife in 1993, and is owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Rhode Island. The vessel is scheduled for a total of 211 operational days during 2000, of which 100 days are in support of NSF-supported investigators. The remaining cruises will support Navy, NOAA, and USGS projects. The projects scheduled on the Endeavor represent several oceanographic disciplines, and includes instrument testing, mooring deployments and recoveries, plankton studies, and chemical oceanography, and will fully utilize the capabilities of the vessel. Operations in 2000 will mainly take place in the North Atlantic, from the Gulf of Maine to as far south as the coast off of Atlantic City.The Endeavor is part of a fleet of ships used by the National Science Foundation in support of marine science research. Most oceanographic projects require highly specialized equipment to be permanently installed on the vessel, thus the necessity for specialized ships. These vessels do not operate in the same mode as general cargo/fishing vessels. As a result, NSF supports the operation of a variety of ships specifically dedicated to oceanographic research that are operated by universities and institutions around the country.***