RV Sikuliaq

Sikuliaq at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in August 2014. Since then, the vessel has been painted in a different livery.
History
United States
Name	Sikuliaq
Namesake	Iñupiaq for "young sea ice"
Owner	National Science Foundation[1]
Operator	University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Port of registry	Seward, Alaska[2]
Ordered	5 February 2010
Builder	Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wisconsin
Cost	US$200 million (2010)
Yard number	650[2]
Laid down	11 April 2011
Launched	13 October 2012
Completed	6 June 2014[2]
Identification	IMO number: 9578945 Call sign: WDN7246 MMSI number: 338417000[1]
Status	In service
General characteristics [2][3]
Type	Research vessel
Tonnage	3,429 GT 1,028 NT 1,556 DWT
Displacement	3,665 long tons (3,724 t)
Length	79.6 m (261 ft)
Beam	15.85 m (52 ft)
Draft	5.715 m (19 ft)
Depth	8.5 m (28 ft)
Ice class	Polar Class 5
Installed power	2 × MTU 16V-4000 (2 × 1,750 kW) 2 × MTU 12V-4000 (2 × 1,310 kW)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; two Wärtsilä Icepod 2500 azimuth thrusters
Speed	14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) in 2.5 feet (0.76 m) ice
Range	18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km; 21,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[4]
Endurance	45 days
Capacity	24 science berths 2–4 20-feet science vans
Crew	20 (+2)

RV Sikuliaq is an American research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Built in 2014 by Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, Wisconsin, the $200 million vessel replaced the 1966-built research vessel Alpha Helix that was retired in 2007. Sikuliaq, named after the Iñupiaq word for "young sea ice" and pronounced "see-KOO-lee-auk", is homeported in Seward, Alaska.