Research_fleet Woods_Hole_Oceanographic_Institution




1 research fleet

1.1 ships
1.2 small boat fleet
1.3 underwater vehicles





research fleet
ships

r/v atlantis (agor-25)



rv neil armstrong (agor-27)


whoi operates several research vessels, owned united states navy, national science foundation, or institution:



r/v atlantis (agor-25) – 274 feet long, mothership of alvin submarine
r/v tioga (whoi-owned) – 60 feet long
rv neil armstrong (agor-27) – 238 feet long

small boat fleet

whoi operates many small boats used in inland harbors, ponds, rivers, , coastal bays. owned institution itself.



motorboat echo – 29 feet long (mainly used work boat support dive operations, newest small research craft @ whoi)
motorboat mytilus – 24 feet long (mainly used in water shallow larger craft , versatile coastal research boat)
motorboat calanus – 21 feet long (mainly used in local water bodies such great harbor, vineyard sound , buzzards bay)
motorboat limulus – 13 feet long (mainly used shuttle equipment larger craft , work platform near-shore research tasks)
rowboat orzrus – 12 feet long (mainly used in harbors , ponds motor craft not permitted)

underwater vehicles

alvin (dsv-2) in 1978


whoi has developed numerous underwater autonomous , remotely operated vehicles research:



alvin (dsv-2) – human-occupied vehicle, institution s well-known equipment
deepsea challenger – human-occupied vehicle designed, field-tested, , later donated whoi canadian film director james cameron
jason – remotely operated vehicle (rov)
sentry – autonomous underwater vehicle (auv) , successor abe
nereus – hybrid remotely operated vehicle (hrov); lost on 5/10/14 while exploring kermadec trench.
remus – remote environment monitoring units, autonomous underwater vehicle
seabed – autonomous underwater vehicle optimized high-resolution seafloor imaging
spray glider – remotely operated vehicle, used collect data salinity, temperature, etc. area
slocum glider – remotely operated vehicle, functions similar functions of spray glider
camper – towed vehicle used collect samples seabed of arctic ocean
seasoar – submarine towed ship
towcam – submarine cameras towed ship along ocean floor take photographs
video plankton recorder – submarine microscopic camera systems, towed along ship take videos of plankton
autonomous benthic explorer (abe) – autonomous underwater vehicle




^ james cameron partners whoi . national geographic. 26 march 2013. retrieved 27 march 2013. 
^ robotic deep-sea vehicle lost on dive 6-mile depth . whoi. may 10, 2014. retrieved may 10, 2014. 






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