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RV Sikuliaq
RV ''Sikuliaq'' is an American research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks School 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", will be homeported in Seward, Alaska.
==Construction==
The original science mission requirement of the new research vessel was prepated by a committee of the UNOLS Fleet Improvement Committee in 1998.〔(Science Mission REquirements ). UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. 〕 In 2001, Congress appropriated $1 million for a design study of a suitable vessel.〔(About the Sikuliaq ). UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. 〕 The vessel, called Alaska Region Research Vessel (ARRV), was designed by The Glosten Associates, a Seattle-based group of naval architects, in 2004.〔
In May 2009, the National Science Foundation announced that it had received funding for the construction of an ice-capable research vessel designed to support scientific research in high-latitude waters.〔(NSF announces funding for Alaska Region Research Vessel ). University of Alaska Fairbanks, 27 May 2009. 〕 In December 2009, the $123 million contract for the construction of the $200 million vessel was awarded to Marinette Marine Corporation of Marinette, Wisconsin, and the ceremonial signing of the contract was held on 5 February 2010.〔(Ceremonial Signing of the Shipyard Construction Contract for the R/V Sikuliaq ). UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. 〕〔(UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel ). University of Alaska Fairbanks, 8 December 2009. 〕 In January 2010, the University of Alaska Fairbanks chose an Alaska Native name ''Sikuliaq'', meaning "young sea ice" in the Iñupiaq language, after receiving more than 150 suggestions.〔(University research vessel gets Alaska Native name ). University of Alaska, 13 January 2010. 〕
The keel of the vessel was laid down on 11 April 2011 and she was launched on 13 October 2012. Although ''Sikuliaq'' was initially expected to arrive in her homeport of Seward, Alaska, in January 2014,〔(USA: Global Class Ice-Capable RV Sikuliaq Hits the Water ). Shipbuilding Tribune, 14 October 2012. 〕〔(R/V Sikuliaq Events ). UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. 〕 her delivery was delayed due to technical problems and she spent her first winter in the Great Lakes.〔(Sikuliaq departure delayed by technical problems ). KTOO, 27 November 2013. 〕 ''Sikuliaq'' was finally handed over to the National Science Foundation on 6 June 2014.〔 During the summer of 2014, she will pass through the Panama Canal and begin science operations in the equatorial Pacific and along the US west coast in the autumn. She will then head to Alaska, where the vessel arrived in February 2015, making a port visit in Ketchikan.〔(R/V Sikuliaq makes first Alaska stop in Ketchikan ). Kheiry, Leila. KRBD, 10 February 2015〕〔(R/V Sikuliaq to winter in Great Lakes, test 'hybrid' underwater vehicle ). Phys.org, 15 November 2013. 〕 She will be officially commissioned in March 2015 at her home port of Seward.〔(UAF takes delivery of Research Vessel Sikuliaq ). Alaska Business Monthly, 6 June 2014. 〕
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