MV Eddie Somers
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The MV Eddie Somers is a support vessel operated by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.[1][2] She was ordered in July 2020 and commissioned in August 2022, replacing the MV J. Milliard Tawes. She is named after a Captain of the J. Milliard Tawes, who retired shortly before the vessel was ordered.[3][4]
She is designed to serve as both a buoy tender and light icebreaker.[2]
She is 94 foot (28.65 m) long, and her engines generate 1,500 horsepower.[4] She displaces 195 tonnes.
References
- ↑ Blount Boats delivers icebreaking buoy tender, Marine Log, 2022-07-28. Retrieved on 2022-08-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chuck Hill. “Blount Boats delivers icebreaking buoy tender” –Marine Log, Chuck Hill's blog, 2022-08-03. Retrieved on 2022-08-03.
- ↑ Meet the four ice breakers operating on the Chesapeake Bay, Proptalk, 2018-01-31. Retrieved on 2022-08-03. “The J.M. Tawes is a 100-foot, 1000 HP buoy tender captained by Captain Eddie Somers.”
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 New DNR Vessel Christened the M/V Eddie Somers, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, 2022-03-04. Retrieved on 2022-08-03. “The boat is named after former DNR Capt. Eddie Somers, who retired in 2018 after 25 years as captain of the M/V J. Millard Tawes, the boat the new vessel is replacing.”