"research ship" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1960, Lester Rosenblatt, The Design of Modern Oceanographic Research Ships, page 213",
          "text": ". Experience also shows that a research ship spends from one quarter to one half of her sea time on scientific station when the sustained speed seldom exceeds 3.5 knots.",
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        "A ship that is designed and used for research."
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