R/V ENDEAVOR Mid-life Refit

这艘由美国国家科学基金会所有的研究船ENDEAVOR由罗德岛大学租用，已经连续运行了16年。研究船的平均预期寿命是30年。该项目将对该船进行重大修改和升级，为其后半段的使用寿命做好准备。随着时间的推移，海洋科学研究船进行不断变化的海洋科学研究需求的可行性逐渐降低。修改和升级将使奋进号现代化，使其与1976年最初交付服务时一样有效和可靠。这些改进主要集中在三个方面。为增加和提高船舶进行海洋科学研究的能力而进行的改进；升级以改善船舶的日常操作和可维护性；改善飞船的可居住性。对所有这些领域的关注将导致一艘装备精良的船只继续为海洋科学研究界提供良好服务的长期传统。

The NSF-owned Research Vessel ENDEAVOR, operated under a charter party agreement by the University of Rhode Island, has operated continuously for 16 years. The average projected life of a research vessel is 30 years. This project will make major modifications and upgrades to the vessel to prepare her for the second half of her operational life. The viability of an oceanographic research vessel to conduct the changing needs of ocean science research diminishes with time. The modifications and upgrades will modernize the ENDEAVOR and equip her to be as effective and reliable as when she was originally delivered for service in 1976. The improvements focus on three major areas. Improvements to increase and enhance the ability of the ship to conduct ocean science research; upgrades to improve the day to day operation and maintainability of the ship; and refinements to improve the habitability of the ship. Attention to all these areas will result in a vessel well equipped to continue a long standing tradition of good service to the community of ocean science research.