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M/V Carolyn Chouest


International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Charlie - Papa - Five - Six - Two - Eight
 WCP5628
Chouest Class Deep Submarine/Submersible support Vessel:
  • Built by North American Shipbuilding, Larose, LA, for Edison Chouest Offshore
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered, June 1994
  • Leased to the US Navy Military Sealift Command, contractor operated and controlled
  • MV Carolyn Chouest provides submarine/submersible support, rescue and salvage services
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,599 t. (fl)
    Length 238'
    Beam 52'
    Draft 17'
    Speed 17 kts.
    Complement
    15 civilian plus mission crew
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    two 12-cylinder Caterpiller Diesel engines, 10,800 hp (8,100 KW)
    two variable-pitch Kort Nozzles
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    Carolyn Chouest
    09791002    		 122k Naval research submarine NR-1 alongside the US Navy submarine support ship M/V Carolyn Chouest, 26 October 2006. NR-1 is the Navy's smallest and only research submarine, performing underwater search and recovery, oceanographic research missions and installation and maintenance of underwater equipment to a depth of almost half a mile.
    US Navy photo # 061024-N-8655E-106 Norfolk, VA. by MCSN Kelvin Edwards     		Tommy Trampp
    Carolyn Chouest 83k M/V Carolyn Chouest under way, location unknown. MV Carolyn Chouest is a chartered submarine support ship for the United States Navy assigned to the Special Missions Program to support NR-1, the deep submergence craft. She towed NR-1 between work areas, served as a floating supply warehouse and provided quarters for extra crew until the NR-1 was removed from service in 2009.
    US Navy (MSC) photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Carolyn Chouest
    09791003    		 50k M/V Carolyn Chouest moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Marine Traffic.com ©Charles Struthers    		 Tommy Trampp
    Carolyn Chouest
    09791004    		 71k M/V Carolyn Chouest moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Marine Traffic.com ©Dieter Jensen    		 Tommy Trampp
    Carolyn Chouest
    09791005    		 89k M/V Carolyn Chouest drydocked, date and location unknown.
    Marine Traffic.com ©Gary Worrell     		Tommy Trampp
    Carolyn Chouest
    09791006    		 55k M/V Carolyn Chouest underway, date and location unknown.
    Marine Traffic.com ©Dieter Jensen    		 Tommy Trampp
    Carolyn Chouest
    09791007    		 52k M/V Carolyn Chouest at anchor, date and location unknown.
    Marine Traffic.com ©Charles Struthers    		 Tommy Trampp
    Carolyn Chouest
    09791008    		 45k M/V Carolyn Chouest moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Marine Traffic.com ©Charles Struthers    		 Tommy Trampp
    Carolyn Chouest
    097910110    		 135k M/V Carolyn Chouest underway, date and location unknown.
    The War Zone ©l8IDcv9vtqupUhG./font>    		 Robert Hurst
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