RV Maurice Ewing

RV Maurice Ewing

R/V Maurice Ewing in Piraeus Port, Greece, August 2001
History
Name	Bernier (1983–1988) Maurice Ewing (1988–)
Namesake	William Maurice "Doc" Ewing
Owner	Petro Canada (1983–1988) Columbia University (1988–)
Operator	Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
Identification	IMO number: 8203153 MMSI number: 525024131 Callsign: JZJF
Fate	Retired 2005
General characteristics
Type	Research vessel
Tonnage	1,976 GT
Length	230 ft (70 m)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Endurance	60 days

RV Maurice Ewing was a research vessel operated by the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. It was retired in 2005 and replaced by RV Marcus Langseth in 2008. Although a multipurpose vessel, Maurice Ewing's notable capability was to collect multichannel seismic data.

Maurice Ewing was named for William Maurice "Doc" Ewing, geophysicist and first director of Lamont Geological Observatory (now known as Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory).

The vessel was later renamed several times: - Scan Resolution, Bergan Resolution, the Reflect Resolution, and the NORDIC BAHARI. Still to this day the vessel operates as a multi-streamer seismic research vessel.