Currently viewing the category: "Research Vessel"
arctic ocean uscg healy ice icebreaker

US and Canada Conduct Joint Effort Collecting 5,600 Miles of Arctic Bathymetric and Seismic Data

By On January 24, 2012

By Brian Van Pay and Barbara Moore, US Department of State In the enduring spirit of friendship and cooperation, the United States and Canada conducted their fourth joint mission to map [...]

Continue Reading →
southern surveyor research ship nautilus minerals

High Tech Equipment Unveils Ancient Sunken Islands in the Depths Off Australia

By On December 7, 2011

(University of Sydney)  In the remote waters of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth, scientists have just discovered two sunken islands, almost the size of Tasmania, which were once part [...]

Continue Reading →
NOAA-Ice-Ship-Rainier

NOAA Ship Rainier Heads North To Map Digital Charts in 3D

By On September 28, 2011

NOAA Ship Rainier has begun a month-long survey of the sea floor near Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island as part of a multi-year effort to update nautical charts for the [...]

Continue Reading →

Scripps Research Platform FLIP – A Most Unusual Ship

By On September 17, 2010

In 2002, when my wife was working aboard the Robert G. Sproul at Scripps Institute Of Oceanography, we had the chance to tour FLIP and it is one of the most [...]

Continue Reading →

NOAA’s Bell M. Shimada – Interesting Ship of The Week

By On February 4, 2010

This week’s interesting ship is NOAA’s new high-tech fisheries survey vessel, Bell M. Shimada. Bell M. Shimada’s primary mission will be to study, monitor and collect data on a wide [...]

Continue Reading →

Baltica: Dog Stranded on Ice Floe Melts Sailors’ Hearts

By On January 28, 2010

A dog stranded on an ice floe was rescued by the crew of the Polish research vessel Baltica off the coast of Gdynia in Poland. The dog was first seen [...]

Continue Reading →

NOAA Commissions New Fisheries Survey Ship

By On November 6, 2009

Senior NOAA officials today commissioned NOAA Ship Pisces, the nation’s most advanced fisheries research vessel, and dedicated a new fisheries laboratory in Pascagoula, Miss. The vessel and the NOAA laboratory [...]

Continue Reading →

Eye Of The Sea – World’s First Live Underwater Webcam

By On October 6, 2009

Wired Science brings us news of MBARI‘s Eye Of The Sky, the world’s first deepwater webcam: The first deep-sea webcam was successfully installed on the floor of California’s Monterey Bay [...]

Continue Reading →

John N. Cobb – Recent Retiree Being Named to The National Register of Historic Places

By On February 20, 2009

After being decommissioned this past August after 58 years of service, NOAA’s oldest and only wooden research ship that remained in its fleet, the John N. Cobb, will now be [...]

Continue Reading →

NOAA’s Ocean Exploration Ship – Okeanos Explorer

By On August 18, 2008

Okeanos Explorer, the first federal ship dedicated solely to ocean exploration, was commissioned on Saturday in Seattle, WA. A former U.S. Navy surveillance vessel, the ship was transferred to NOAA [...]

Continue Reading →

R/V Aurora Borealis, Drillship

By On July 25, 2008

  The most technologically advanced drillship in the world is not on lovaton in the gulf of mexico or in a Korean shipyard. Actually it’s not even built yet. Meet [...]

Continue Reading →

Incident Photo Of The Week – Research Boat Russell W. Peterson

By On May 13, 2008

Photo of the research boat Russell W. Peterson takes on water about 14 miles off the coast of Rehoboth Beach, Del., Monday, May 12, 2008. Video of this incident can [...]

Continue Reading →

Free Subscription

Click “Get It Now” to join thousands who have signed up for a free email subscription to gCaptain’s daily newsletter.