Terra Magazine » research vessels http://oregonstate.edu/terra A world of research at Oregon State University Fri, 24 May 2013 04:34:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A world of research at Oregon State University Terra Magazine no A world of research at Oregon State University Terra Magazine » research vessels http://oregonstate.edu/terra/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://oregonstate.edu/terra Sea Trio http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2013/05/sea-trio/ http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2013/05/sea-trio/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:58:20 +0000 Lee Sherman http://oregonstate.edu/terra/?p=12946 Ship SternOver the next 10 years, Oregon State University will be at the forefront of a ship building project that will “revitalize and transform” coastal-ocean science in the United States, says oceanographer and former U.S. Navy and NOAA administrator Rick Spinrad, the university’s vice president of research. OSU has been designated as the lead institution for the design, building and launching of as many as three state-of-the-art research vessels funded by the National Science Foundation.

Officials expect the vessels to be positioned on the East Coast, the West Coast and the Gulf Coast, depending on research needs and available funds. The 175-foot vessels will be “floating, multi-use laboratories” that are “more seaworthy and environmentally green” than previous research vessels, says Mark Abbott, dean of the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. The first ship will hit the water in 2019 or 2020.

]]> http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2013/05/sea-trio/feed/ 0 Hail Oceanus! http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2012/05/hail-oceanus/ http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2012/05/hail-oceanus/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 23:07:00 +0000 Nick Houtman http://oregonstate.edu/terra/?p=9898 It was a beautiful day for a shakedown cruise off the Oregon coast. For a crew based at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center, March 7, 2012, was also a good day to get to know their new ship, the research vessel (R/V) Oceanus.

Scientists and crew took Oceanus, the sister ship to OSU’s R/V Wecoma, under the Yaquina River Bridge and past the jetty into the Pacific where they practiced deploying water and sediment samplers and launched Jane, an autonomous underwater glider.

Since 1975, Wecoma has been OSU’s marine science work- horse on research expeditions from the Arctic to the Antarctic. A recent evaluation of the two vessels revealed a need for expensive repairs to Wecoma, which was decommissioned after Oceanus’ arrival from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

The College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences will operate Oceanus for its owner, the National Science Foundation. OSU also operates the 54-foot Elakha and 85-foot Pacific Storm for near-shore research.

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