Myrtle Irene
The Myrtle Irene (USCG id: 643114)[1] is a manned flat-topped power barge adapted into a littorals at-sea excavator dredge mining vessel.[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 in the 2018 season 10 of Bering Sea Gold, a Discovery Channel USA reality TV show on sea mining for gold in Alaska.[3] The excavator dredge cost $6,000,000 to build.[4]
Specifications
- 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 tons
- Gross tonnage: 600 tons
- Mining rate: 300 cu ft (8.5 m3) per hour
- Mining depth: 30 ft (9.1 m)
See also
- Tuvli 160
- Christine Rose (dredge)
- AU Grabber
- Viking Dredge 1
- Viking Dredge 2
- Bima (dredge)
References
- ^ a b c "MYRTLE IRENE (643114)". boatdb.net. Boat Database.
- ^ a b "Enter a Titan". Bering Sea Gold. Season 10. Episode 1. 30 March 2018. Discovery Channel (USA).
- ^ "Summer Brings The Heat For Discovery's Hit Series 'Bering Sea Gold'". Discovery Channel (USA). 7 March 2018.
- ^ "King of Nome". Bering Sea Gold. Season 10. Episode 10. 9 June 2018. Discovery Channel USA.
- ^ "Over the Line". Bering Sea Gold. Season 10. Episode 4. 20 April 2018. Discovery Channel (USA).
External links
- Boat Database (boatdb.net) Nome, AK port boats
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