Robert C. Seamans
Owner and Operator: Sea Education Association
P.O. Box 6, Woods Hole, MA
Displacement: 300 tons
Construction:Steel
Year built: 2001
Shipyard: J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding, Tacoma, WA
Length Over All: 134.5'
Length On Deck: 111.4'
Draft: 12.3'
Beam: 24.5'
Sail area: 8554 sq. ft.
Auxiliary Engine: 455 horsepower Caterpillar diesel
Complement: 40 persons
Area of Operation: World oceans
Classification:American Bureau of Shipping A1 and A
Rig: Brigantine
Robert C. Seamans, SEA's newest vessel, was designed by Laurent Giles of Hampshire England, and built at JM Martinac shipbuilding in Tacoma, Washington. Named after former trustee and Chairman of SEA's board, the Robert C. Seamans is a 134-foot steel brigantine and is the most sophisticated oceanographic research/sailing school vessel ever built in the United States. Improvements in design and equipment, including a wet/dry laboratory and larger library, classroom, and computer laboratory, enhance the SEA academic program.
Displacement: 300 tons
Construction:Steel
Year built: 2001
Shipyard: J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding, Tacoma, WA
Length Over All: 134.5'
Length On Deck: 111.4'
Draft: 12.3'
Beam: 24.5'
Sail area: 8554 sq. ft.
Auxiliary Engine: 455 horsepower Caterpillar diesel
Complement: 40 persons
Area of Operation: World oceans
Classification:American Bureau of Shipping A1 and A
Rig: Brigantine
The SSV Robert C. Seamans sails the waters of the Northern and Tropical Pacific. Destinations include French Polynesia, Hawaii, Mexico, Palmyra Atoll and Canada.
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