SKQ MBES SAT
Completed
Planned route: 9 segments · ~4 days steaming
Operating area: It depends on Sikuliaq's winter shipyard location.
Route: Seattle (Downtown Piers) (Washington) - United States → Newport (Oregon) - United States
Project aboard
Through Award 2305846 under Oceanographic Instrumentation, NSF has funded UAF to replace R/V Sikuliaq's existing EM302 multibeam echosounder (MBES), and upgrade to the Kongsberg EM304 Mark II MBES. As part of the installation, it is necessary to commission the new system by conducting Sea Acceptance Trials (SAT), before it can be considered operational. During the same dry docking period, UAF will also replace the failing receiver array on Sikuliaq's EM710 MBES, therefore a SAT is required for this modified system as well.
People aboard
- Ethan Roth · Principal investigator
Party size: 11
Estimated vacant berths: 13
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
- Overboarding Cable - Copper Conductor(s)
- Navigation - Heading/Position
- Dynamic Positioning (DP)
- Underway Seawater System
- ADCP/UHDAS – range 1000m-1200m (e.g. 38kHz)
- Multibeam - Shallow-water (EM710/712/2040/Seabat 7100)
- Multibeam - Mid-Water (EM302/304)
Pooled / portable
- CTD
- XBT
- Gyrocompass
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SKQ202403S · MFP reference 23/3336 · synced Sep 24, 2026