RV Endeavor

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.[2]

Wave crashing on Endeavor's bow.
History
United States
Name	RV Endeavor
Owner	National Science Foundation
Operator	University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO)
Port of registry	U.S.
Builder	Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI.
Laid down	1975
Acquired	November 1976
Identification	IMO number: 7604300 MMSI number: 303471000 Callsign: WCE5063
Status	Active
Notes	Designed by John Gilbert Associates; Replaced RV Trident; mid-life refit at Peterson Builders, Inc. in 1993
General characteristics
Tonnage	298 GRT
Length	185 feet OA, 165 feet WL[1]
Beam	33 feet
Draught	19 feet 6 inches (aft)
Propulsion	1 GM/EMD diesel engine; 3,050 shaft HP @ 900 RPM (maximum), Single screw with controllable pitch, Kort steering nozzle; J. Samual White Waterjet, 320 HP, DC variable speed and direction bow thruster
Speed	10 knots
Capacity	Maximum Scientific Load: 89,600 pounds (of which the 01 deck is limited to 22,400 pounds)
Crew	12 Crew, Up to 18 Scientists
Notes	Sister ship of RV Oceanus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and RV Wecoma at Oregon State University

The 185 foot Endeavor, built by Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin,[3] replaced RV Trident in 1976.[4]

It was likely named for Captain James Cook's ship HMS Endeavour, for which the Space Shuttle Endeavour is also named.