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The ship is powered by a multi-drive low-voltage diesel electric propulsion system for efficiency and lower maintenance and fuel costs. Both Neil Armstrong -class ships have state of the art oceanographic equipment allowing deep ocean mapping and information technology for ship monitoring and worldwide land-based communication.
R/V Atlantis, the first research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, pictured here in 1955 near the Virgin Islands [6]. In 1927, a National Academy of Sciences committee concluded that it was time to "consider the share of the United States of America in a worldwide program of oceanographic research."
The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, doing business as The Steamship Authority (SSA), is the statutory regulatory body for all ferry operations between mainland Massachusetts and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, as well an operator of ferry services between the mainland and the islands.
She has been serving the Woods Hole–Martha's Vineyard route since her maiden voyage on March 5, 2007. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] The Island Home is different from most vessels in the Steamship Authority fleet in that she is a double-ended ferry and does not have to turn around before entering a slip.
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MV Woods Hole is a passenger and vehicle ferry operated by the Steamship Authority. The Authority awarded the vessel's $40.4 million [ 2 ] construction contract to Conrad Shipyard , located in Morgan City, Louisiana , in December 2014. [ 1 ]
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]
After an investigation by Tampa Bay’s News Channel 8, it was revealed that the Tarpon Woods golf community — which was previously owned by the charity, Jan Stephenson’s Crossroads Foundation ...