Myrtle Irene

The Myrtle Irene (USCG id: 643114) ^[1] is a crewed flat-topped power barge adapted into a littorals at-sea excavator dredge mining vessel designed By Tony Messina out of Northern Wisconsin . ^[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 since the 2018 season 10 in Bering Sea Gold , a Discovery Channel USA reality TV show on sea mining for gold in Alaska. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} The excavator dredge cost $6,000,000 to build. ^[7]

Specifications

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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 short tons (288 tonnes)
• Gross tonnage: 600 short tons (540 tonnes)
• 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

1. "MYRTLE IRENE (643114)". boatdb.net. Boat Database.
2. "Enter a Titan". Bering Sea Gold . Season 10. Episode 1. 30 March 2018. Discovery Channel (USA).
3. "Summer Brings The Heat For Discovery's Hit Series 'Bering Sea Gold'". Discovery Channel (USA). 7 March 2018.
4. Bering Sea Gold, Discovery Channel USA, Season 10, 2018
5. Bering Sea Gold, Discovery Channel USA, Season 11, 2019
6. Bering Sea Gold, Discovery Channel USA, Season 12, 2020
7. "King of Nome". Bering Sea Gold. Season 10. Episode 10. 9 June 2018. Discovery Channel USA.
8. "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