Ocean Platforms

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Ocean Platforms

• Academic Research Vessel Fleet

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Mike Prince

• Executive Secretary for UNOLS
• UNOLS office located at Moss Landing Marine
  Laboratories.

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UNOLS

• University-National Oceanographic Laboratory
  System
• 61 Academic Institutions that use and/or operate
  oceanographic research vessels
• 21 Institutions operate 28 vessels in the UNOLS
  fleet (Academic Research Fleet)
• The National Deep Submergence Facility at WHOI

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Other facilities

• Other submergence facilities at HBOI, Scripps and
  Hawaii
• Coast Guard Icebreakers supporting Arctic
  Research
• Antarctic Research Vessels
• ODP Drill Ship
• Research Vessel and submersibles of other
  countries and private industry

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UNOLS organization

• Elected Council
• 6 Standing Committees
• Governed by UNOLS Charter
• Funded by Federal Agencies supporting Ocean
  Science
• NSF, NAVY, NOAA, USGS, MMS, DOE USCG

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Committee structure

• Ship Scheduling Committee (SSC)
• Research Vessel Operators Committee (RVOC)
• Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee
  (RVTEC)
• Deep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC)
• Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC)
• Fleet Improvement Committee (FIC)

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Goals

• Coordinate and optimize utilization and
  scheduling of facilities (ships and submersibles)
• Improve current capabilities and operations
• Plan for the future upgrade and replacement of
  Oceanographic Facilities

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Classes of Research Vessels

• Class I II (Large or Global) - 7 ships, 1
  under construction
• Class III (Intermediate or Ocean) - 7 ships
• Class IV (Regional) - 9 ships
• Class V (Local) - 6 ships
• Coast Guard Icebreakers - 3 ships
• Antarctic Icebreakers - 2 ships USCG
• http//www.unols.org/vessels.htm

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Large (Global) vessels
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THOMPSON Class

• NAVY Owned AGORs 23 -26
• THOMPSON - University of Washington
• REVELLE - Scripps
• ATLANTIS - WHOI (support ship for ALVIN)
• BROWN - NOAA

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Specifications

• Year Built 1991-97
• Owner U. S. Navy
• Length 273' 8"
• Beam 52 '6"
• Draft, Full 17 '
• Displacement, Full 3,350 long tons
• Cruising Speed 12 knots
• Range (Nautical Miles) 16,000 at 10 knots
  
• Crew 22
• Scientific Party 37

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Your lab comes with you
Sampling Equipment Technician Services Flexible
Payload
The microbiologists work together to catalog
samples from the hydrothermal sulfides
collected during the January 14th dive. They
will use these samples to culture the microbes.
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KNORR MELVILLE
Year Built1969 Mid-Life Refit 1992
Owner U. S. Navy
Length 278 '10" Beam 46 ' Draft,Full 16 '6"
Displacement, Full (Tons) 2,958 Cruising
Speed 11.5 knots Range (NM) 12,000 _at_ 10 knots
Crew 23 Scientific Party 38
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Equipment Capabilities
Portable Van Space At least six 20 ft. vans
Winches Trawl - 30,000' 9/16" wire
Hydro (2) - 33,000' 3-conductor EM and
1/4" wire Heavy Equipment Cranes - two 60,000
lbs. capacity HIAB crane, mid-ships hydro boom
Lab Space 3,175 sq. feet Other Features
Two instrument hangars, fully equipped machine
shop, fume hoods, underwater bow observation
chamber, un-interruptable power supply, air
conditioning, library/lounge, copy machine,
laundry, one rigid-hull inflatable rescue/work
boat
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MAURICE EWING Lamont Doherty
Earth Observatory
Length 70.20m (232') Beam 14.10m (46'
3\") Maximum Draft 5.30m (17' 3\") Gross
Tonnage 1978 Scientific Personnel 28 Crew
Size 22 Cruising Speed 10-11 knots Full
Speed 13.5 knots Endurance50 days Range
15,000 NM

• Originally constructed as a seismic vessel the
  Maurice Ewing was acquired in 1989, modified, and
  outfitted to perform the tasks required of a
  general purpose research vessel. This includes
  hull mounted 3.5 and 12 khz transducers and an
  Atlas deep ocean multibeam swath bottom mapping
  system.
• Over the side sampling capabilities include 15 MT
  SWL starboard and stern a-frames serving four
  winches carrying 10,000m of 9/16" 3x19, 0.680"
  coaxial cable, 0.322' CTD wire, or 1/4' 3x19
  wire.
• The Maurice Ewing has extensive geophysical
  capabilities which include a Syntrak 480-24
  seismic recording system with a 6km hydrophone
  streamer cable and a 2000 psi, 20 air gun 8300
  cubic inch tuned sound source array as well as a
  portable high resolution system with 2 GI guns
  and an ITI streamer cable.

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Intermediate (Ocean)Vessels
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OCEANUS Class
177 - 185 ft LOA 12 - 20 science berths
WECOMA - OSU OCEANUS - WHOI ENDEAVOR - URI
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HBOI vessels and submersibles
Seward Johnson II
Johnson Sea-Link I II 3000 ft submersible
Seward Johnson
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NEW HORIZON
Type Oceanographic Research
Year Built 1978 Mid-Life Refit 1995-96
Owner University Of California
Length 170 ' Beam 36 ' Draft,
Full 12 ' 2 1/4 " Displacement, Full
1,007 long tons Cruising Speed 10 knots
Range (Nautical Miles) 9,600 at 10 knots
Crew 12 Scientific Party 19
(172)
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KILO MOANA
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Length Overall 185'7" Accommodations
48 Mission Support 100LT Science Party
30 Lab Space 2762 sqft Maximum Breadth
88'Range 10,000miles Working Deck 4460
sqft Full Load Draft 25'Survey Speed
12kts/S.S.6 Displacement 2542LT
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Regional and Local Vessels
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Coast Guard Icebreakers
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USCGC HEALY is designed as an icebreaking
research vessel
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PALMER and GOULD
http//www.polar.org/science/marine/
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Submersibles and the NDSF
National Deep Submergence Facility Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution Dr. Dan Fornari
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How do you get access to these vessels and
facilities?

• Collaboration with Ocean Science Colleagues that
  have shiptime
• Your own research project with funding for
  shiptime
• Fill out a UNOLS Ship Time Request
• Make contact with other investigators
• Make contact with ship operators

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UNOLS Ship Time Request System
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You should fill out a UNOLS Ship Time Request if
you

• Plan to work at sea and...
• Funded research project
• Submitting a proposal for an at sea research
  project
• Need to be the primary user of a research vessel
• Wish to participate in a research cruise as an
  ancillary project

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Scheduling process

• UNOLS ship schedulers use ship time requests as
  starting point
• Ships are scheduled on a Calendar Year basis
• Preliminary schedules are created in the spring
  and posted to Web in August
• Scheduling meetings in July and Sep. refine
  schedules to final form

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Scheduling Realities

• Funded work is given a priority
• NSF funds 60 of shiptime
• NSF funding proposals must meet Feb deadline with
  decisions by July
• Agencies with later funding decisions affect your
  ability to schedule work when needed
• Make contact early and follow through

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Schedule Format
http//www.gso.uri.edu/cgi-bin/schlist.cgi?2001S

• POC Rose Dufour/Elizabeth Brenner LAST
  UPDATED 19 June 2001
• SIO Ship Schedulers
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• University of California, San Diego
• 9500 Gilman Drive
• La Jolla, CA 92093-0210
• Tel [phone]
• Fax NEW [phone]
• Email shipsked_at_ucsd.edu
• R/V Roger_Revelle 2001
  
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  DAYS/AGENCY/
• CRUISE MAP INDEX/AREA/ P.I./INSTITUTION/
  STATUS/
• DATES PURPOSE PROPOSAL NO.
  PORTS CLEARANCE
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• 30 JAN NP13/Southern Pacific/ deMoustier, C./
  San Diego 4/STATE/F
• 02 FEB Multibeam testing SIO/General Funds
  San Diego

http//oceanic.cms.udel.edu/ships/
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Typical Cruise Track for a Large Research Vessel
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Funding mechanisms

• Ship Time funds in grant or contract
• Arrange a contract between your institution and
  the ship operator institution
• Funding agency pass funds directly to ship
  operator through grant or contract
• Funding agency pass money through NSF or ONR ship
  operations grant to ship operator

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Cost of Shiptime including Technical Support

• Large ships 15 - 20,000 Per Day
• Intermediates 10 - 15,000 Per Day
• Regional 7 - 10,000 Per Day
• Local 3- 6,000 Per Day
• CG Icebreakers 20,000 Per Day
• Any part of a day at sea or in a port other than
  home port charged
• Provisional unless set by Contract

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Collaborations

• Search Ship Time and Schedule Data bases and
  contact researchers working in your area of
  interest
• Talk with ship schedulers and operators
• Talk with program managers from other agencies
  such as NSF and ONR
• Talk with DESSC and AICC committee members and
  large program offices

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Work already taking place in the field

• Life in Extreme Environments (LEXEN) NSF
• http//www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/lexen/start.htm
• Ridge and Vents programs
• http//ridge.oce.orst.edu/
• http//www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/
• Other Web sites showing research from UNOLS
  vessels
• http//www.unols.org/outreach.html

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For more information

• WWW.UNOLS.ORG
• 831-632-4410
• Flyer and Brochures about the Academic Research
  Fleet