M/V Ushuaia vessel

The ^M/V “Ushuaia” starts out from the Port of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego- Argentina. We sail down the Beagle Channel, through the Mackinley Pass to reach the Staten Island Reserve.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Build Class: ABS Ice Class 1.
Builders: American Shipbuilding -Toledo, Ohio (United States of America)
Propulsion & Machinery
Main Engine: 2 ALCO 12V 2516 12 cylinders - Controllable pitch propellers.vv
Bow Thruster: 360°
Electric Power: 3 x 440 V - 1500 KW + 125 KW(Emergency generator).v
Scientific & Oceanographic features
Laboratories: Wet and Dry laboratories.
Winches: Oceanographic winch.
Deck Machinery: 2 x 3 TN Electro-Hydraulic cranes.
Antartic Supply & Ocean Research & Touristic Expeditions
Ice class:  ABS 1
Passengers 66
Speed 15 knots
Lenght 85m
Engine: 32.00 HP
Bow Thurster:  500 HP
Crew: 30

SAFETY EQUIPMENT
8 Life Rafts (4 on each side) all of them fully equipped (total capacity: 220 people).
2 Rescue boats
7 Rib’s (Rigid Inflatable Boats)
Complete system of fire detection and extinction.
Emergency Generator.

NAVIGATION & CONMUNICATION
.Hull sonar with profiler WESMAR HD800/110-10
.Navigational echo sounder IMO FURUNO FE-700 - SOLAS
.Navtex Receiver FURUNO NX-500 - GMDSS approved
.Meteorological Fax Receiver FURUNO FAX-207
.Radar FURUNO FAR-2825 - X Band, 25kW, display 28", range 96' - SOLAS
.Radar FURUNO FAR-2835S - S Band, 30kW, display 28", range 96' - SOLAS
.INMARSAT C FURUNO FELCOM12 - GMDSS approved
.INMARSAT B FURUNO FELCOM81 - Voice, Fax and High Speed Data (64Kbps) Communication
.MF/HF Radio Telephones with DSC (2) FURUNO FS-1562-25 - 250W, 1.6 to 27.5 MHz GMDSS approved
.NBDP Radio Telex FURUNO DP-6 - GMDSS approved
.VHF Radio Telephones with DSC (2) FURUNO FM-8500 - GMDSS approved

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