Myrtle Irene

The Myrtle Irene (USCG id: 643114)[1] is a crewed flat-topped power barge adapted into a littorals at-sea excavator dredge mining vessel designed By Tony Messina out of Northern Wisconsin .[2] It is owned by Arctic Sea Mining, LLC and its registered home port is Nome, Alaska, USA.[1] This excavator dredge mining barge is introduced and featured since the 2018 season 10 in Bering Sea Gold, a Discovery Channel USA reality TV show on sea mining for gold in Alaska.[3][4][5][6] The excavator dredge cost $6,000,000 to build.[7]

Specifications

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Vessel 1495
  • Launch date: 1981
  • Length: 120 ft (37 m) ; 130 ft (40 m) with extension.
  • Width: 45 ft (14 m)
  • Depth: 7 ft (2.1 m)
  • Net tonnage: 317 short tons (288 tonnes)
  • Gross tonnage: 600 short tons (540 tonnes)
  • Mining rate: 300 cu ft (8.5 m3) per hour
  • Mining depth: 30 ft (9.1 m)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "MYRTLE IRENE (643114)". boatdb.net. Boat Database.
  2. ^ a b "Enter a Titan". Bering Sea Gold. Season 10. Episode 1. 30 March 2018. Discovery Channel (USA).
  3. ^ "Summer Brings The Heat For Discovery's Hit Series 'Bering Sea Gold'". Discovery Channel (USA). 7 March 2018.
  4. ^ Bering Sea Gold, Discovery Channel USA, Season 10, 2018
  5. ^ Bering Sea Gold, Discovery Channel USA, Season 11, 2019
  6. ^ Bering Sea Gold, Discovery Channel USA, Season 12, 2020
  7. ^ "King of Nome". Bering Sea Gold. Season 10. Episode 10. 9 June 2018. Discovery Channel USA.
  8. ^ "Over the Line". Bering Sea Gold. Season 10. Episode 4. 20 April 2018. Discovery Channel (USA).
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