RV ''Endeavor'' is a
research vessel
A research vessel (RV or R/V) is a ship or boat designed, modified, or equipped to carry out research at sea. Research vessels carry out a number of roles. Some of these roles can be combined into a single vessel but others require a dedicated ...
owned by the
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National I ...
and operated by the
University of Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of the state 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.
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 , for which the
Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' is also named.
References
External links
Research Vessel ''Endeavor''URI Graduate School of Oceanography: ''Endeavor'' SpecificationsURI Marine Technical Services Group
University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research vessels
1976 ships
Ships built by Peterson Builders
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