Lake Guardian
![]() The Lake Guardian on Lake Erie.
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History | |
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Name | Lake Guardian |
Owner | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
Port of registry | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Launched | 1981 |
Identification |
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Status | in active service[1] |
Notes | Lake Guardian ship website |
General characteristics | |
Type | Dredger/Research vessel |
Tonnage | 959 GT |
Displacement | 850 tons |
Length | 180 ft (55 m)[2] |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m)[2] |
Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m)[2] |
Depth | 14 ft (4.3 m)[2] |
Ice class | C[2] |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 x 4-blade stainless steel propellers, in Kort nozzles |
Speed | 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)[2] |
Range | 6,000 mi (9,700 km)[2] |
Boats & landing craft carried | Rescue boat: Ambar 550 RIB with 2 Mercury 60HP 4-stroke outboard motors[3] |
Crew | 14 crew (and 27 scientists)[3] |
The Lake Guardian is a research vessel that serves on the Great Lakes.[4] She is owned by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. She has three onboard laboratories: multipurpose, chemistry, and biology.[3]
Images[]
The Lake Guardian moored in the Cheboygan Harbor.
References[]
- ^ a b c "USEPA LAKE GUARDIAN Dredger Dredger". MarineTraffic. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Great Lakes Monitoring: The Lake Guardian - General Specifications". epa.gov. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Great Lakes Monitoring: The Lake Guardian - Scientific Work Spaces and Equipment Specifications". epa.gov. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ Research Vessel Lake Guardian, United States Environmental Protection Agency
External links[]
- Lake Guardian ship website
- Visualizing the Great Lakes - ship photo collection, Environmental Protection Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Research vessel Lake Guardian
Categories:
- Research vessels of the United States
- Ships of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
- 1981 ships
- Ships built in Moss Point, Mississippi