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Perfect Fit

February 22, 2013

In December, two sections of WHOI’s next research vessel, R/V Neil Armstrong, were joined together in the Dakota Creek shipyard in Anacortes, Wash. The ship is being constructed in 13 separate sections, or blocks. When complete, the 238-foot ship will replace R/V Knorr as one of the oceanographic community’s primary, multi-function research vessel.(Photo by Gary McGrath, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)