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General Info

Schedule Info

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Lift Capacity

Fish and Plankton Gear

Meteorological Equipment

Certification Details

Institution & Contact Info

Name: Blue Heron
Captain: Mike King
Length: 86 feet
Beam: 23 feet
Draft: 11.5 feet
Speed: 9 knots
Displacement: 185 tons
Hull: Steel Stern Trawler
Year: 1985
Comments:

For more information about the BLUE HERON and the Large Lakes Observatory go to the: Blue Heron - LLO Web Page

Schedule Information: http://ww.d.umn.edu/llo/docks/calendar.doc

Month	1st Period	2nd Period
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Crew Size ( inc. Captain ):	5(includes capt.)
Number of Scientists Vessel can Accommodate:	6
Field Season:	Ice-out to heavy ice in. Can move through ice less than 2-3
Operation Days / Year:
Schedule Finalized in:	March 15 (flexible)

- No, does not contain option. - Yes, contains option.
Science Officer in Crew?:
Crew Provides Onboard Science Support?:
Payment In Kind? Time on Another Ship?
Fuel as a type of "Payment in Kind"?
Needed Equipment as a type of "Payment In Kind"?
"Piggyback" Research Permitted When Possible?
Encourage Crosstraining other Agencies with Vessel and Crew?
Vessel made available to outside Researchers?

Outside Research Payment:	Contact: Large Lakes Observatory

Electrical Power:	See other
Water Supplies:	potable; lake, stainless steel sea chest
Refrigerators / Freezers:	Yes
Incubators / Water Baths:	No
Vacuum Pumps:	yes
P.H. Meters:	No
D.O. Meters:	No
Conductivity:	No
Lab Space:	800 sq. ft.
Other:	Electrical power: Port Gen. Set, 65 KW of 480 V, 3 phase AC Available exclusively for science; Stbd. Gen Set, 30 KW of 208 V, 3 phase AC can be run separately from the 480 V. Shore power can be 480 V, 3 phase or 220 V single phase. Can also run 110 V single-phase AC clean SOLA power (filtered power), 110 V single-phase AC raw power (straight from generators), 24 V DC, 12 V DC. Lab space: 240(wet); 600(dry) Other: two c4.4 caterpillar gen sets, 76KW, 3 phase 208v, 110v. Can also run 110v single-phase AC clean SOSA power (filtered). 15 foot rigid inflatable w/25 hp 4-cycle motor for use by science party.

Radar:	Furuno, NavNet 3D 12kw transmitter, Furuno NavNet 3D 6kw transmitter
GPS:	Northstar 800 LORAN; Two Northstar 941X w/diff. GPs
Radio:	Standard Horizon-Infinity VHF; 3 portable VHF for use on board
Depth Sounders:	Knudsen 320/R
Other:	TSS POS-MV motion ref.unit (inertial w/twin diff GPS); Robertson AP 45 autopilot; magnetic compass; intercom; video cameras at winch station an at water off back deck.

Winches / Cranes:	See other
CTD`s BT`s:	SeaBird 911+CTD with SeaBird 32 Carousel, MacArtney Triaxus towed underway CTD system
Niskin Bottles:	12 8-liter bottles
Corers:	Ocean Instruments multi-corer, piston, Benthos gravity corer militcorers
Grabs:	Shipek Petersen
Other:	Winches/Cranes: SeaMac 220 trawl 2200ft 1/2, SeaMac 210 trawl with 3000 ft. of 1/2\"cable, 6,000 lb. bare drum; SeaMac 310 hydrogrphc winch, 1500 1/4\" cable, 1000lb bear drum; SeaMac 305 electromechincal winch, 3000ft. 322\" conducting cable, level wind 1000lb bear drum, can be remotely operated; Morgan 070 (HIAB) 1200lb@ 30 ft/7000lb@ 7 ft; Hydraulic A- frame, 5 ton; Power capstan, eletric 2-ton; anchor windlass, hydraulic, 500 ft chain Other: RDI coustic Doppler current profiler; Reston Sea Bat 8198 Multi-beam sonar; Geopulse High Res-Seismic reflctn. proflng system; Bolt 600B airguns; ORE168 analog side scan sonar

Trawl Nets:	60' Stauffer midwater trawl with a trawl sonar system
Plankton Nets:	various
Other:

Wind Speed / Direction:	Yes
Thermometer:	Yes
Barometer:
Other:	Relative Humidity There is a Young Met. Station onboard

Institution Required Certification:
Certification Captain:	200 ton master/mate
Certification Crew:	Mate - 500 ton mate/200 ton master / Able seaman; Ordinary Seaman/Cook
Certification Engineer:

Home Port:	Duluth, Minnesota
Home Port Lake:	Lake Superior
Institution:	Large Lakes Observatory U of Minnesota
Contact Name:	Richard Ricketts (Marine Superintendent), Steve Colman (Director)
Address:	109 RLB 10 University Drive U of Minnesota
City:	Duluth
State / Province:	Minnesota
Country:	United States
Postal / Zip Code:	55812
Phone:	218-726-8522
Fax:	218 726-6979
Email:	ricketts@d.umn.edu

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