The U.S. Geo­log­i­cal Sur­vey (USGS)‘s Research Ves­sel KIYI is at Great Lakes Ship­yard for a major repow­er and repair con­tract. Work includes:

• Dry­dock, pres­sure wash hull, hull inspections
• Paint under­wa­ter hull, top­side, decks, and superstructure
• ABS load line survey
• Ground tack­le inspec­tion and preservation
• Inspect rud­ders pro­pellers, and propul­sion shaft
• Repow­er engines
• Replace HVAC
• Replace trawl winches
• Install new small boat
• Replace misc wet lab items
• Replace pilot­house win­dows and wipers
• Misc elec­tri­cal upgrades and modification

The ves­sel was hauled out and dry­docked a few weeks ago. Work began on some of the small­er work items, and sys­tems have been dis­as­sem­bled in prepa­ra­tion for the repower.

As the cold weath­er approach­es, the ves­sel was moved in to the yard’s fab­ri­ca­tion build­ing where the remain­der of work will be performed.