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Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Website. WHOI.edu. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ( WHOI, acronym pronounced / ˈhuːi / HOO-ee) is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of marine science and engineering . Established in 1930 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, it is the largest independent ...
1965–1995. Rank. Commander. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology ( maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks) and marine geology. He is best known by the general public for the ...
6,500 m (21,300 ft) Capacity. 680 kg (1,500 lb) payload. Crew. 3 (1 pilot, 2 scientific observers) Alvin ( DSV-2) is a crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The original vehicle was built by General Mills ' Electronics ...
In 1985, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-led team discovered the site of the most fabled shipwreck in history—the RMS Titanic. In July 1986, a team from the institution returned to ...
She did papers on Titanic, she applied early to Woods Hole and was accepted, she says. Then the Titanic was found in 1985, right before she would have started studying there.
1 September 1985; 38 years ago. ( 1985-09-01) The wreck of RMS Titanic lies at a depth of about 12,500 feet (3,800 metres; 2,100 fathoms), about 370 nautical miles (690 kilometres) south-southeast off the coast of Newfoundland. It lies in two main pieces about 2,000 feet (600 m) apart. The bow is still recognisable with many preserved interiors ...
Argo (ROV) Argo. (ROV) Argo is launched from the Knorr during the 1985 Titanic expedition. Argo is an unmanned deep-towed undersea video camera sled developed by Dr. Robert Ballard through Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute 's Deep Submergence Laboratory. Argo is most famous for its role in the discovery of the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985.
Knorr. RV Knorr was a research vessel formerly owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the U.S. research community in coordination with and as a part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet. [2] On March 14, 2016, Knorr was officially transferred to the Mexican Navy ...