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Vessels
R/V Catboat
The R/V Catboat performs shallow water and nearshore bathymetric surveys, sidescan sonar sea-floor imaging, and swath bathymetry surveys. The Catboat can cruise at 40 knots fully loaded, enabling daily surveys in large estuaries, lakes, bays, or rivers, and near-shore ocean environments that require long transits.
Electronics and other equipment can be fixed upon a movable aluminum transducer mount that slides on rails located between the two pontoons. The mount can be quickly retracted out of the water for transiting to the study site.
The R/V Catboat has been used on mapping projects in Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina. It is towed with a triple-axle aluminum trailer with a 4-wheel drive vehicle.
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U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
