R/V Robert Gordon Sproul

• Built: 1981
• Length: 125'LOA, 116' LWL
• Beam: 32'
• Draft (max): 9'6'
• ITC Gross Tonnage: 355 tons
• ITC Net Tonnage: 106 tons
• Registered Tonnage, Gross: 85 tons
• Registered Tonnage, Net: 58 tons
• Loaded Displacement: 696 long tons
• Crew: 5
• Scientific berthing: 12
• Main Engines: 2 Detroit Diesel 12V-149,675 hp
• Bow Thruster: White-Gill trainable Hydraulically operated 155 hp
• Generators: Two, 75kW
• Water Capacity: 7,800 gals.
• Open deck space: 1,854 sq. ft
• Holding tank: None
• Incinerator: None
• Propellers: Two, fixed pitch
• Speed, Cruising: 9 knots
• Speed, Maximum: 10.5 knots
• Speed, Minimum: 2 knots
• Endurance: 14 days full speed (fuel)
• Range: 4,300nm at 9 knots (fuel)
• Fuel Capacity: 25,000 gal
• Fuel Consumption: 1,350 gal/day full spd - 850 gal/day average
• Radio Call Sign: WSQ2674
• Laboratory, Wet: 130 sq. ft
• Laboratory, Dry: 220 sq. ft
• Laboratory, Portable: 130 sq. ft
• Sewage System: MDF
• Document/State I.D#: CF2166XS

Ownership: University of California, San Diego

Navigational Capabilities

• GPS Trimble Tansmon P-Code
• GPS Trimble NT 300 DGPS
• RADAR Furuno 3cm(2)
• ADU GPS Ashtech Attitude-sensing System
• Fathometer Furuno FCV 382 50/200 KHz
• Gyro - Sperry MK 37(2)
• Autopilot - ROBERTSON