NOAAS Reuben Lasker


An artist's rendering of NOAAS Reuben Lasker.
Career (United States)
Name: NOAAS Reuben Lasker
Namesake: Reuben Lasker
Owner: NOAA
Operator: NOAA
Builder: Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin
Laid down: June 21, 2011
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Type: Fishery survey vessel
Length: 208.0 ft (63.4 m)

NOAAS Reuben Lasker will be a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fishery research vessel when completed.[1] The ship's namesake, Reuben Lasker, was a fisheries biologist who served with the Southwest Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, and taught at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.[1]

Construction

A keel laying ceremony was held at the Marinette Marine Corporation shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin, on June 21, 2011, and the ship was sponsored by Pamela Lasker, daughter of the ship's namesake. Reuben Lasker is being funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.[1]

Notes

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

  1. ^ a b c "Keel-laying ceremony held in Marinette, Wis. for NOAA Survey Vessel Reuben Lasker". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June 21, 2011. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110621_keel-laying.html. Retrieved June 23, 2011.