Four Ships Pass

This view of the WHOI dock in 1983 shows a rare convergence of four research ships tied up at the same time. From left, the ships are: R/V Knorr, R/V Oceanus, R/V Gyre (Texas A&M), and R/V Atlantis II. Today’s larger ships mean that fewer can dock at one time and busy research schedules mean that WHOI’s two large research vessels, R/V Atlantis and R/V Neil Armstrong, are rarely in Woods Hole together—but it does occasionally happen. (Photo Courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Archives)