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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 ]
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."
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]
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.
The park preserves Fort Jefferson and the several Dry Tortugas islands, the westernmost and most isolated of the Florida Keys. The archipelago's coral reefs are the least disturbed of the Florida Keys reefs. The park is noted for abundant sea life, tropical bird breeding grounds, colorful coral reefs, and shipwrecks and sunken treasures.
Station Woods Hole serves as home port for the following: 25-foot USCG Defender Class patrol boat [1] 41-foot USCG Utility Boat [2] 49-foot USCG BUSL (Stern-Loading Buoy Boat) [3] 87-foot USCG Cutter Hammerhead (WPB-87302, Marine Protector Class Coastal Patrol Boat) [4]
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Cruise ships can be serviced by three separate docking facilities. [12] Mallory Square Dock is owned and operated by the City of Key West; the Outer Mole Pier is federally owned and operated by the city through a lease agreement with the U.S. Navy; and Pier B is operated by Pier B Development Corporation through a lease agreement with the State of Florida.