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Alvin (DSV-2) is a crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The original vehicle was built by General Mills ' Electronics Group [ 1 ] in Minneapolis, Minnesota .
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution develops technology for the United States Navy, including ocean battlespace sensors, [14] unmanned undersea vehicles, [15] and acoustic navigation and communication systems for operations in the Arctic. [16] The institution is also working on Project Sundance for the Office of Naval Research. [17]
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]
For 60 years, WHOI's Alvin submersible has given researchers access to the deep ocean. What's been discovered, and what does the future look like?
Now, WHOI footage captured in July 1986 by cameras on the WHOI-operated human-occupied submersible Alvin and its associated, remotely operated Jason Junior, is up for two Webby Awards, and the ...
William "Bruce" Strickrott (born December 18, 1964) is an American ocean engineer, US Navy Deep Submergence Vehicle Pilot and deep sea explorer.He is the Senior Pilot and manager of the DSV Alvin Submersible Engineering and Operations Group at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
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.
At North American, Ballard worked on its failed proposal to build the submersible Alvin for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. [citation needed] In 1965, Ballard graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, earning undergraduate degrees in chemistry and geology.