Three Atlantises Email Print PDF Over its 76-year history, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has operated three research vessels named Atlantis. A.D. Colburn, the newest master of the modern-day Atlantis has sailed on all three. 123 1. The 143-foot ketch, Atlantis was christened in 1931, shortly after Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was founded. (Courtesy of WHOI Archives)2. Atlantis II, shown here on a cruise to the Black Sea, served the oceanographic community from 1963 to 1996.3. WHOI's third Atlantis was christened in 1997. (Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)Last updated: April 12, 2013
