PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 15, 2016) Crew aboard the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) vessel R/V Sally Ride use one of two robotic load-handling cranes to retrieve a high-frequency acoustic recording package during a science verification cruise designed to test installed systems and ensure its 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 da
PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 15, 2016) Crew aboard the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) vessel R/V Sally Ride use one of two robotic load-handling cranes to retrieve a high-frequency acoustic recording package during a science verification cruise designed to test installed systems and ensure its 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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