A fire Monday morning (June 25, 2012) destroyed a 55-foot research vessel owned by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration undergoing repairs at the Cambridge Yacht Maintenance boatyard on Cambridge Creek.
The RV Laidly caught fire around 8:56 a.m. Monday, according to investigators for the Maryland State Fire Marshal(...)
NOAA's (National Ocean Service) had operated the vessel from the Cooperative Oxford Laboratory, a joint venture between NOAA and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
via The Star Democrat.
![NOAA's R/V Laidly, June 2011 NOAA's R/V Laidly, June 2011](https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/csmedia/2012/06/DS2_8904-300x200.jpg)
Captain Skip Collier ties off the research vessel Laidly in June 2011. Credit: NOAA.