| Career (USA) | |
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| Name: | Roger Revelle |
| Namesake: | Roger Randall Dougan Revelle, a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California, San Diego and was one of the first scientists to study global warming and the movement of Earth's tectonic plates |
| Builder: | Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 9 December 1993 |
| Launched: | 20 April 1995 |
| Acquired: | by the U.S. Navy, 11 June 1996, as RV Roger Revelle (T-AGOR-24) |
| Maiden voyage: | Mississippi to San Diego, California, in July 1996 |
| In service: | leased to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, June 1996 |
| Identification: | State I.D#: CF6354XF |
| Notes: | Radio Call Sign: KAOU |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Thomas G Thompson-class oceanographic research ship |
| Tonnage: | 2,155 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 3,200 tons |
| Length: | 83.5m |
| Beam: | 16m |
| Draft: | 5.8m (max) |
| Propulsion: | diesel-electric, two 3,000hp z-drives |
| Speed: | 12.5 knots |
| Range: | 15,000 at 12 knots (fuel) |
| Endurance: | 52 days at 12 knots (fuel) |
| Capacity: | Fuel: 227,500 (planning) |
| Complement: | 25 civilian mariners; 34 scientific parte |
| Armament: | none |
R/V Roger Revelle is a research vessel operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography under charter agreement with Office of Naval Research as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet.[1] It was named for scientist Roger Revelle.
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Roger Revelle was built by Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi. She was laid down on 9 December 1993 and launched on 20 April 1995. She was delivered to the U.S. Navy 11 June 1996, as RV Roger Revelle (T-AGOR-24), a Thomas G. Thompson-class oceanographic research ship.
Ship Schedule [1].
The captain’s daily report or her daily position at sea is available at [2].
The Roger Revelle and three other research ships were all built to the same basic design. The three sister ships are R/V Thomas G. Thompson (UW), NOAAS Ronald H. Brown (NOAA) and R/V Atlantis (Woods Hole).
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