Name RV Endeavor Laid down 1975 Beam 10 m | Port of registry U.S. Construction started 1975 | |
Builder Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI. | ||
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RV Endeavor is a research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Rhode Island (URI) under a Charter Party Agreement as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet. The vessel is homeported at the Narragansett, Rhode Island at the URI Bay Campus.
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The 185 foot Endeavor, built by Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, replaced RV Trident in 1976.
It was likely named for Captain James Cook's ship HMS Endeavour, for which the Space Shuttle Endeavour is also named.
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