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From the Archives

November 27, 2014

Fresh from the shipyard, R/V Knorr transited the Cape Cod Canal in 1970 on its way to Woods Hole for the first time. Since arriving, Knorr has sailed roughly 1.3 million miles, carrying scientists to the Arctic and Southern Oceans and to the far corners of the Pacific. The ship was named after Ernest R. Knorr, a distinguished hydrographic engineer and cartographer, who was largely responsible for the success of the U.S. Navy’s first systematic charting and surveying effort. In December, R/V Knorr will complete its final mission and in 2015 its replacement, R/V Neil Armstrong, is scheduled to arrive in Woods Hole. (Photo by George Tupper, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)