Ships
360˚ Video Time-lapse: Cruise aboard the Tioga
Ride on the bow of the Research Vessel Tioga as it departs the dock at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution at 0530 on May 10, 2019 and heads down to the south side of Martha’s Vineyard to support helicopter and dive operations at the Marthas Vineyard Coastal Observatory.
Read More360 Video: Departing Woods Hole
RV Thomas G. Thompson departs the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution dock in July 2019 on the Shelfbreak Productivity Interdisciplinary Research Operation at the Pioneer Array (SPIROPA) expedition.
Read MoreThe legacy continues with R/V Neil Armstrong
WHOI Honors the 50th Anniversary of the Moonwalk
50 years ago, Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on another world. Today the WHOI research vessel bearing his name carries on the legacy of exploration and discovery. R/V Neil Armstrong: one giant leap for the ocean.
Read MoreR/V Armstrong in Southern Greenland
During a recent transit through the Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland, the crew of the research vessel Neil Armstrong…
Read MoreConstruction Begins on New Regional Class Research Vessel
Officials from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) took part in a keel-laying ceremony this week to mark the start of construction of R/V Resolution, a new $125 million Regional Class Research Vessel (RCRV) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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Researchers rely on sophisticated ships to get a firsthand look at the ocean environment and to carry their tools and…
Read MoreLife at the Edge
What makes the shelf break front such a productive and diverse part of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean? A group of scientists on the research vessel Neil Armstrong spent two weeks at sea in 2018 as part of a three-year, NSF-funded project to find out.
Read MoreStudents Get Their Sea Legs
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is known for its ocean-going research. But some incoming graduate students in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program may never have set foot a large research ship before. A new orientation cruise aboard the research vessel Neil Armstrong is introducing students to shipboard life and oceanographic research.
Read MoreWHOI Ship Atlantis Helps with Search for Missing Sub
Ran WHOI news release on the search for the missing Argentine submarine ARG San Juan
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R/V Oceanus: The Little Ship that Could
By Kathryn Eident :: Originally published online November 18, 2011
Read MoreIlluminating the Ocean with Sound
WHOI’s new research vessel Niel Armstrong is equipped with an EK80 broadband acoustic echo sounder. Using a wide range of sound frequencies, it gives scientists the ability to identify and distinguish between different types of marine life in the depths.
Read MoreThe Quest for the Moho
For more than a century, scientists have made several attempts to drill a hole through Earth’s ocean crust to an interior layer of rock in Earth’s interior called the mantle.
Read MoreAudio Slideshow: Greeting a New Ship
Remembering Knorr
After an iconic, 44-year career, the research vessel Knorr left the dock at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in March for the last time. It also left a place in the hearts of many who sailed on the ship or who had simply seen it in Woods Hole. A few of the people who watched it depart shared their memories of Knorr in this audio postcard.
Read MoreR/V Neil Armstrong First Arrival into Woods Hole
April 6, 2016
Read MoreR/V Neil Armstrong Virtual Tour
R/V Neil Armstrong Meet the Ship
Our Ship Comes In
The long-awaited newest research vessel in the U.S. academic fleetâand the latest in a long line of WHOI-operated shipsâarrives in Woods Hole on Wednesday.
Read MoreROV Jason Upgrade Timelapse
In 2015, the remotely operated vehicle Jason began a year-long, $2.4 million upgrade that culminated in a complete rebuild of…
Read MoreR/V Neil Armstrong Entering San Francisco
On November 7, 2015, R/V Neil Armstrong completed its inaugural voyage, sailing into San Francisco Harbor on a sunny Saturday…
Read MoreR/V Neil Armstrong: Panama Canal
On November 23, 2015, R/V Neil Armstrong entered the Panama Canal through the Miraflores Locks on its way from the…
Read MoreAllied Marine Crane Outfits R/V Neil Armstrong
U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research selects WHOI to operate the new Neil Armstrong vessel.