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RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28) is a Neil Armstrong-class research vessel owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. [1] She was launched in 2014 and put into service in 2016. The ship was named for Sally Ride, the first US woman in space.
RV Alliance, NATO Research Vessel under Italian Navy flag since January 1, 2016 RV Elettra of the Italian Navy. RV Alliance A 5345 (NATO vessel, since 1 January 2016 under Italian Navy flag) RV Leonardo A 5301 (NATO vessel, since 11 May 2007 under Italian government flag and since 14 May 2010 under Italian Navy flag) RV Ammiraglio Magnaghi A ...
A research vessel (RV or R/V) is a ship or boat designed, modified, or equipped to carry out research at sea.Research vessels carry out a number of roles. Some of these roles can be combined into a single vessel but others require a dedicated vessel.
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]
RV Thomas G. Thompson (AGOR-23) is an oceanographic research vessel and lead ship of her class, owned by the United States Office of Naval Research and operated under a bareboat charterparty agreement by the University of Washington as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced on September 24, 2012, that the research vessel was to be named after Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon and a former naval aviator who served in the Korean War. [2] The ship was ordered in May 2010 as a replacement for RV Knorr, operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution since ...
The ship was originally launched in May 2003 at the Macduff Shipyard in Macduff, Scotland, as the R/V Aora, a fisheries research vessel. [3] She was based at the University Marine Biological Station Millport in the Firth of Clyde , [ 5 ] until the station was closed in 2013.
RV Sikuliaq is an American research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Built in 2014 by Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, Wisconsin , the $200 million vessel replaced the 1966-built research vessel Alpha Helix that was retired in 2007.