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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 ...
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.
[4] [7] After an inspection in March 2017, the ship was purchased for $1.07m on 8 August 2017, [7] with the aid of a $1m gift. [8] A programme of maintenance and some modifications at the MacDuff yard were completed in October, and the Rachel Carson was transported by ship from Rotterdam to West Palm Beach, Florida by early November.
RV Tom Crean is a multi-purpose research vessel operated by the Marine Institute of Galway, Ireland.It entered service in 2022 for use in fisheries research, oceanographic, hydrographic and geological research as well as deploying and maintaining weather buoys, observational infrastructure and remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) in the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). [8]
RV Kaharoa II is a research vessel operated by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) of New Zealand. The contract for her construction was awarded to Astilleros Armon Vigo in Spain in 2022 as a replacement for the RV Kaharoa, put into service in 1981. [1] She was launched in 2023 and entered service in 2024.
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]
RV Celtic Voyager is a multi-purpose research vessel operated by Qikiqtaaluk Corporation as of 2023. Prior to this, the vessel was operated by the Marine Institute of Galway, Ireland from 1997 to 2022. It was Ireland's first custom-built multi-purpose research vessel, replacing the repurposed fishing trawler RV Lough Beltra.
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.