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| Ship image = [[File:Vessels of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 2012-10-13 P1030631.JPG|300px]]
| Ship caption = RV ''Zephyr'' at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|USA|naval}}
| Ship name = *''San Francisco'' (-2001)
*RV ''Zephyr'' (2001-2013)
*"Zephyr"  (2013-present)
| Ship owner = *San Francisco Bar Pilots Association (-2001)
*[[Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute]] (2001-2013)
*Ron Micjan (2013-Present)
| Ship operator = Outbound Marine LLC
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| Ship builder = [[Colberg boat works]]
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| Ship laid down = 1972
| Ship launched = 1973
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| Ship identification = *{{IMO Number|8992845}}
*{{MMSI Number|338142000}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: WDG9976
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| Ship status = Active as of 2024
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| Ship class = [[Research vessel]]
| Ship tonnage = {{GRT|119}}
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| Ship power = 840 shp
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The research vessel '''''Zephyr''''' is currently owned by Ron Micjan and is operated under Outbound Marine LLC.  The ''Zephyr'' was purchased from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in October 2013, moved to Portland, Oregon, and refurbished over the next 2.5 years into a custom cruising, small ship expedition and research vessel.

Currently the ''Zephyr'' is operational on the Pacific coast of the US and has worked from Juneau and Dutch Harbor Alaska all the way down to San Diego.  Customers include NOAA Fisheries, NOAA MML, US Army Corps of Engineers, DARPA, US Navy, US Army and Oregon State University.

Prior ownership of ''Zephyr'' was as a [[research vessel]] operated by the [[Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute]] (MBARI). It was the primary platform of operations for MBARI's [[AUV]] program and it was then christened R/V ''Zephyr''.

The original owner of the vessel was the [[San Francisco Bar Pilots Association]] who had her built to specification by the [[Colberg Boat Works]] in Stockton.

==References==
* [http://zephyrnw.com Zephyr Northwest Website]
* [http://www.mbari.org/at-sea/ MBARI Marine Operations]

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[[Category:Research vessels of the United States]]
[[Category:Monterey Bay Aquarium]]
[[Category:1973 ships]]


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