Myrtle Irene

The Myrtle Irene (USCG id: 643114) 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. It is owned by Arctic Sea Mining, LLC and its registered home port is Nome, Alaska, USA. 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. The excavator dredge cost $6,000,000 to build.

Specifications

 * Vessel 1495


 * Launch date: 1981
 * Length: 120 ft ; 130 ft with extension.
 * Width: 45 ft
 * Depth: 7 ft
 * Net tonnage: 317 short ton
 * Gross tonnage: 600 short ton


 * Mining rate: 300 cuft per hour
 * Mining depth: 30 ft