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RV Atlantis II

History
United States
Name: Atlantis II
Namesake: RV Atlantis
Owner: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Builder: Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost: USD$ 5m
Launched: September 8, 1962
Sponsored by: Dr. Mary Sears
In service: February 1, 1963
Out of service: July 23, 1996
Fate: Sold, 1996
General characteristics
Length: 210 ft (64 m)
Beam: 44 ft (13 m)
Draft: 17 ft (5.2 m)
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance: 45 days
Boats & landing
craft carried:
DSV Alvin (1984-1996)
Crew: 33 + 25 scientists

RV Atlantis II is a research vessel formerly operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The ship was built in 1962. She was used as the support vessel for the Alvin submersible for many years, and retired from Woods Hole service in 1996. After a period of inactivity in New Orleans she was transferred to the travel adventure company Outlander Expeditions in 2006.

The following seafloor features have been named for RV Atlantis II:


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