R/V Eltanin (T-AGOR 8) 



Formerly the cargo ship T-AK 270 built in 1957 by Avondale 

 Marine Ways, Inc. of Avondale, Louisiana and operated by the 

 Military Sealift Command for Arctic supply operation. In 1962, 

 the Eltanin was asiiigned to the National Science Foundation for 

 use as a research ship in support of the Foundation's Antarctic 

 Research Program. 



Length: 266' Displacement: 3,886 tons 



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