RV Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong on 28 March 2014, the day before her christening | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Neil Armstrong |
| Namesake | Neil Armstrong |
| Owner | Office of Naval Research |
| Operator | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Ordered | October 14, 2010 |
| Builder | Dakota Creek Industries, Anacortes, Washington |
| Laid down | August 17, 2012 |
| Launched | February 22, 2014 |
| Acquired | September 23, 2015 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Neil Armstrong-class research vessel |
| Displacement | 3043 long tons |
| Length | 238 ft (73 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 15 feet |
| Installed power | (x2) Siemens AC Electric Motors |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (max) |
| Range | 10,545 nautical miles (19,529 km; 12,135 mi) |
| Endurance | 40 Days |
| Crew | 20 Crew + 24 Scientists |
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RV Neil Armstrong (AGOR-27) is the designation for a new oceanographic research ship, first of the Neil Armstrong-class research vessels, to be owned by the United States Navy and operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced on September 24, 2012, that the research vessel was to be named after Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon and a former naval aviator who served in the Korean War.
The ship was ordered in May 2010 as a replacement for RV Knorr, operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution since 1970. The ship was constructed by Dakota Creek Industries of Anacortes, Washington and scheduled for completion in 2014 for entry into service in 2015.
It was launched on 29 March 2014, christened by Carol Armstrong, passed sea trials 7 August 2015 and delivered to the Navy on 23 September 2015. A sister ship, RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28), was launched 9 August 2014 to be operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography under a renewable charter-party agreement.