RVs, as in research vessels, have appeared here before, but since a blog evolves, I’ve not started out with this as a series. Previous RVs featured here have included Sea Surveyor, Kaho, Marcus G. Langseth, and Bold once and twice. I’ve seen Time and Tide several times in the past month, although I’m not sure which of the e4sciences projects were involved.
Ashley Hutto recently sent along photos of a formidable RV–Atlantis (T-AGOR-25), which is host to
DSV Alvin, a submersible likely everyone has heard of–or at least of projects it has been associated with. And . . to repeat a phrase from the other day, I can’t confirm the identity of the person showing scale, but lucky him . . . to get an audience with Alvin!! DSV?
Thanks to Ashley Hutto for the bottom two photos.
RV Atlantis shares a name with the first research vessel Woods Hole (WHOI) used, a Danish-built schooner, which is still afloat and living yet another life as Dr. Bernardo Houssay of the Argentinian Navy.
Click here for a previous post of a possibly faux DSV.
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July 15, 2015 at 8:36 am
Harry T Scholer
Don’t know if a cable laying ship falls into your definition of RVs but I spent a number of months as an able seaman in CS Long Lines. While picking up or laying cable we learned much about the ocean topography ie: mountain ranges, plains etc. all documented precisely with GPS. Some trawls were over 2 miles long and many interesting sea creatures came up from the depths with the recovered cable. A bit different than sailing in tankers, freightships.
July 15, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Paul B
My dad was a slave to the Alvin for her first years, and her first tender, too, the LULU, a catamaran made out of two scrap cylinders. .
July 15, 2015 at 2:00 pm
JS
I spent about a month as the 8-12 oiler on a ROBERT CONRAD mission to Tahiti.It stunk & I quit.