.jpg) NOAAS Rude (S 590)
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| History | |
|---|---|
  U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | |
| Name | USC&GS Rude (ASV 90) |
| Namesake | Captain Gilbert T. Rude (1881-1962), a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Commissioned Corps officer |
| Builder | Jackobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay, New York |
| Launched | 17 August 1966 |
| Completed | December 1966 |
| Commissioned | 29 March 1967 |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970 |
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
| Name | NOAAS Rude (S 590) |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 3 October 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 25 March 2008 |
| Identification | IMO number: 6728185 |
| Honors and awards | |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency August 2008 |
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | |
| Name | US EPA Lake Explorer II |
| Acquired | Transferred from NOAA August 2008 |
| In service | 1 October 2009 |
| Homeport | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Identification | IMO number: 6728185 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | S1-MT-71a |
| Type | Rude-class hydrographic survey ship |
| Tonnage | 150 gross register tons (domestic tonnage) |
| Displacement | 220 tons (ITC tons) |
| Length | 90 ft (27 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) (moulded) |
| Draft | 7.2 ft (2.2 m) |
| Installed power | 850 shp (0.63 MW) |
| Propulsion | Two Cummins 425 hp (0.317 MW) geared diesel engines, 2 shafts, 3,900 US gallons (15,000 L) fuel |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) (cruising) |
| Range | 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) |
| Endurance | 5 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | One launch |
| Complement | 11 (4 NOAA Corps officers, 1 licensed engineer, and 6 other crew members) |
| Notes | 120 kilowatts electrical power |
NOAAS Rude (S 590) was an American Rude-class hydrographic survey ship that was in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 to 2008. Prior to her NOAA career, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1967 to 1970 as USC&GS Rude (ASV 90). She was named for Gilbert T. Rude, former Chief of the Division of Coastal Surveys of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
In 2008, NOAA decommissioned Rude and transferred her to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Renamed US EPA Lake Explorer II, she entered EPA service as a research ship in 2009.