Retired Research Vessel Hero docked in Willapa Bay - Bay Center, Washington, USA

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Retired Research Vessel Hero docked in Willapa Bay - Bay Center, Washington, USA. Until the mid-1980s, the Research Vessel Hero, a wooden-hulled, Maine-built, New England side trawler, was the primary platform for marine studies in the area of the Antarctic Peninsula, Cape Horn, the Scotia Arc, and Patagonia. It was designed primarily for trawling and other biological collecting.

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Location: Retired Research Vessel Hero docked in Willapa Bay - Bay Center, Washington, USA
Photo credit: © Paul Christian Gordon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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