Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory

Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL)
Established1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Research typeMarine sciences, Pacific maritime heritage, marine engineering
LocationHonolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
CampusUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Websitehttp://www.soest.hawaii.edu/HURL/

The Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) is a regional undersea research program within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, in Honolulu. It is considered one of the more important of the independently run undersea research laboratories in the U.S.[1] HURL operated two deep diving submersibles, the Pisces IV and Pisces V and specializes in supporting scientific ocean research and exploration.[2] HURL is actively involved in monitoring deep-sea ecosystems, including coral habitats and fisheries, and conducts maritime archaeology research including documenting World War II wreckage from the Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.[3][4]

HURL suspended operations after the retirement of the support ship Kaʻimikai-o-Kanaloa, but may resume operations in the future.[5]

  1. ^ National Research Council (U.S.), Committee on Undersea Vehicles and National Need (1996). Undersea Vehicles and National Need. National Research Council. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-309-05384-6.
  2. ^ Garcia, Michael O.; Caplan-Auerbach, Jackie; De Carlo, Eric H.; Kurz, M.D.; Becker, N. (2005-09-20). "Geology, geochemistry and earthquake history of Lōʻihi Seamount, Hawaiʻi". This is the author's personal version of a paper that was published on 2006-05-16 as "Geochemistry, and Earthquake History of Lōʻihi Seamount, Hawaiʻi's youngest volcano", in Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry (66) 2:81–108. School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-06-04. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Nichols, C. Reid; Porter, David L.; Williams, Robert G. (2003). Recent Advances and Issues in Oceanography. Greenwood Publishing Group Incorporated. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-57356-406-9.
  4. ^ van Tilburg, Hans (2002). "Underwater archaeology, Hawaiian style". In Ruppé, Carol; Barstad, Jan (eds.). International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 247–266. ISBN 978-0-306-46345-7.
  5. ^ "Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Lab (HURL) website!". Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Lab (HURL) website!. Archived from the original on 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2023-08-31.