URI-Led Consortium Selected to Operate New Research Ship to Replace R/V Endeavor
Thursday, July 12, 2018 - 16:10
in Earth & Climate
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium, led by the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography, to operate a new oceanographic research ship, one of only three such vessels in the nation. Owned by NSF and valued at over $100 million, the Regional Class Research Vessel will be constructed in Louisiana, delivered to Rhode Island in 2021 and home-ported at URI's Narragansett Bay Campus.