RV Atlantis (AGOR-25)
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For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Atlantis.
RV Atlantis is a Thomas G. Thompson-class oceanographic research ship, owned by the US Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet.[1] She is the host vessel of DSV Alvin.[2] She is named for the first research vessel operated by WHOI, the sailboat RV Atlantis, for which the Space Shuttle Atlantis is also named.
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United States | |
Name | Atlantis |
Owner | Leased to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Builder | Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi |
Laid down | 16 August 1994 |
Launched | 1 February 1996 |
Acquired | By the U.S. Navy, 25 February 1998, as RV Atlantis (AGOR-25) |
In service | February 1998 by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution under charter for the Office of Naval Research |
Refit | In 1997, as a support ship for the U.S. Navy Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin |
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Notes | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Thomas G. Thompson-class oceanographic research ship |
Tonnage | 3,180 gt; 1,332 dwt |
Length | 273.2 ft. 9 in. (83.2 m) |
Beam | 52.5 ft. (16 m) |
Draft | 19 feet (5.8 m) |
Installed power | Diesel Generators: Three 1500 kW, Three 715 kW 600 VAC. |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, azimuthing stern thrusters - 3000 HP per thruster, Bow Thruster: Azimuthing jet 1,180 SHP |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Range | 17,280 NM |
Endurance | 60 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | Two rigid-hull inflatable rescue/work boats |
Capacity | Fuel Capacity: 267,540 US gallons (1,012,700 L) |
Complement | 22 Civilian Mariners; 24 Scientists; 12 Deep Submergence Operations Group (Alvin); 2 SSSG Techs. |
Sensors and processing systems | As installed on Atlantis, the SeaBeam 2100/12 system consists of underhull projectors and diver-replaceable hydrophones, a single 19" electronics rack, an operator's workstation and peripherals. |
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