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It’s a Wrap!

Wrapping up a successful cruise. The iconic Ravenel Bridge welcomes the R/V Neil Armstrong back to Charlestown to mark the end of a successful Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight cruise.  

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Mission Accomplished

Beautiful skies to mark the end of a successful cruise!  The OOI-CGSN team and the RV Neil Armstrong completed their transit into Charleston, SC and commenced offloading all the deployment equipment.  The boat following the Armstrong was for the harbor pilot, required for large ships entering Charleston Harbor. The boat came alongside as the Armstrong…

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Teamwork

It takes a team to do oceanography.  Here James Kuo prepares an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler for deployment, along with other team members from OOI-CGSN, WHOI Mooring Operations & Engineering, and the RV Neil Armstrong crew.

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Profiler Mooring Deployed

The Coastal Profiler Mooring was successfully deployed in 600m water depth at MAB.  The test deployment will verify the mooring and buoy design, as well as the operation of the profiling vehicle, in the MAB environment.

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CPM Deployment

A profiler mooring deployment starts with the buoy going over the transom. The Armstrong’s Bos’n (right) signals for the hauling winch to come up slowly to begin the process. OOI Team member Kris Newhall (left) and Armstrong crew members (background) assist.  

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ROV Control Station

ROV dive operations are controlled and monitored from a station in the ship’s lab. A darkened room provides better contrast for the monitors, which allow the pilot to view ROV operating information and seafloor conditions.

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ROV Dive Prep

CGSN Team Members Irene Duran (foreground) and James Kuo (background) prepare the OOI ROV for operations on the back deck of the Armstrong. The ROV camera and sonar are used to assess conditions on the sea floor prior to mooring deployments.

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Sunrise over the Multi-Function Node

The OOI-CGSN team on the RV Neil Armstrong is in transit to the test mooring deployment sites.  The Multi-Function Node is deployed with the Coastal Surface Mooring and provides a platform for seabed measurements like turbidity, dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, temperature, pressure, currents.

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Out of Drydock

The RV Neil Armstrong was floated out of drydock and is now ready to go!  The team departed on the Pioneer MAB test mooring and mapping cruise on Feb. 21st and will be offshore for approximately one week.  They will map the seabed using sonar, perform ROV visual inspections, and deploy two test moorings.

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A View From Below

Not a view many get to see!  Chief Engineer Pete Marczak waving from the stern and Irene Duran, Jennifer Batryn, and Dee Emrich standing in the Charleston, SC drydock give a good sense of the size of the RV Neil Armstrong below the waterline.

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