Construction started 16 August 1994 Draft 5.79 m | Laid down 16 August 1994 Launched 1 February 1996 Endurance 2 months | |
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Owner leased to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Acquired by the U.S. Navy, 25 February 1998, as R/V Atlantis (T-AGOR-25) In service February 1998 by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute under charter for the Office of Naval Research | ||
R/V Atlantis is an oceanographic research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet. She is the host vessel of DSV Alvin. She is named for the first research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, R/V Atlantis for which the Space Shuttle Atlantis is also named.
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Built in Mississippi
Atlantis was built by Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi. She was laid down in August 1994 and launched in February 1996. She was delivered to the U.S. Navy on 25 February 1998, as R/V Atlantis (T-AGOR-25) a Thomas G. Thompson-class oceanographic research ship.
Deck equipment
Miscellaneous on-board equipment
Sister ships
The Atlantis and three other research ships were all built to the same basic design. The three sister ships are R/V Thomas G. Thompson (UW), R/V Roger Revelle (Scripps) and NOAAS Ronald H. Brown (NOAA).