RV Atlantis (AGOR-25)

RV ''Atlantis'' is a , owned by the US Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet. She is the host vessel of DSV ''Alvin''. She is named for the first research vessel operated by WHOI, the sailboat RV ''Atlantis'', for which the is also named.

Construction

''Atlantis'' was built by Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi. She was laid down in August 1994 and launched in February 1996. She was delivered to the U.S. Navy on 25 February 1998, as RV ''Atlantis'' (AGOR-25) a ''Thomas G. Thompson''-class oceanographic research ship.

''Atlantis'' completed a year long midlife maintenance and refit at Dakota Creek Shipyard in July 2021.

Deck equipment

* Winches
** Traction - 30,000' .68" EM or 9/16" wire
** Hydro - 33,000' 3-cond. EM or 1/4" wire
* Heavy Equipment
** Cranes - two @ 42,000 lbs. cap
** HIAB cranes (2)
** Midships hydro boom

Miscellaneous on-board equipment

* Laboratories:
* Portable Van Space: At least six . vans
* Sewage System: Envirovac flushing system

Sister ships

The ''Atlantis'' and three other research ships were all built to the same basic design. The three sister ships are RV ''Thomas G. Thompson'' ( UW), RV ''Roger Revelle'' ( Scripps) and NOAAS ''Ronald H. Brown'' (NOAA).

References

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - AGOR-25 ''Atlantis''

R/V ''Atlantis'' Specifications

Where are the Ships Now?

External links

Ship's location

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University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research vessels
Thomas G. Thompson-class oceanographic research ships
Ships built in Gulfport, Mississippi
1996 ships
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution