PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 13, 2016) Ian Lawrence, chief mate of the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) vessel R/V Sally Ride, maneuvers the ship alongside buoys attached to an underwater sonar array during a science verification cruise designed to test the vessels installed systems and ensure her readiness for conducting future research missions. Operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography under a charter lease agreement with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Sally Ride has multi-beam bottom-mapping and ocean current profiling sonars, advanced meteorological sensors and satellite
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 13, 2016) Ian Lawrence, chief mate of the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) vessel R/V Sally Ride, maneuvers the ship alongside buoys attached to an underwater sonar array during a science verification cruise designed to test the vessels installed systems and ensure her readiness for conducting future research missions. Operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography under a charter lease agreement with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Sally Ride has multi-beam bottom-mapping and ocean current profiling sonars, advanced meteorological sensors and satellite data transmission systems, the latest navigation and ship-positioning systems and a specially designed hull that improves sonar acoustic performance. The Navy, through ONR, has been a leader in building and providing large ships for the nation’s academic research fleet since World War II.
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