R/V Atlantis, 1997-2008
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of various science, navigation and engineering logs, as well as data, computer printouts, and other miscellaneous materials.
Dates
- Creation: 1997-2008
Access
Open: materials are available for research.
Historical Note
Atlantis replaced the Atlantis II and was named for WHOI's original research vessel. She made her first call in home port on April 1997. The new Atlantis has advanced support facilities to service and launch submersibles, such as Alvin , and a wide variety of ROVs at locations throughout the global oceans. She is one of the most sophisticated research vessels afloat, equipped with precision navigation, bottom mapping, and satellite communications systems.
Atlantis is owned by the US Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in support of the US academic ocean research community.
Specifications
- Built: 1997 by Halter Marine Inc., of Moss Point, Mississippi
- Length: 274'; Beam: 52.5'; Draft: 17'
- Capacity: crew-23, science-36
[Taken from History of WHOI Research Vessels website.]
Extent
5.5 boxes plus unboxed material (13 lin. ft.)
Language
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: English
Arrangement
Logs are organized by cruise and leg numbers, and chronologically thereunder. Logs that were kept chronologically, and that are not associated with a particular cruise, such as engineering logs, are arranged in chronological order at the end of the cruise logs.
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository