RV Atlantis II
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| Name: | Atlantis II |
| Namesake: | RV Atlantis |
| Owner: | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Builder: | Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost: | USD$ 5m[1] |
| Launched: | September 8, 1962[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Dr. Mary Sears[1] |
| In service: | February 1, 1963[1] |
| Out of service: | July 23, 1996[1] |
| Fate: | Sold, 1996[1] |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 44 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Endurance: | 45 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
DSV Alvin (1984-1996) |
| Crew: | 33 + 25 scientists |
RV Atlantis II is a research vessel formerly operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The ship was built in 1962. She was used as the support vessel for the Alvin submersible for many years, and retired from Woods Hole service in 1996. After a period of inactivity in New Orleans she was transferred to the travel adventure company Outlander Expeditions in 2006.
The following seafloor features have been named for RV Atlantis II:
- Atlantis II Seamounts in the North Atlantic Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Atlantis II Fracture Zone in the Indian Ocean Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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