RV Atlantis (AGOR-25)

History
United States
Name	Atlantis
Owner	Leased to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Builder	Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi
Laid down	16 August 1994
Launched	1 February 1996
Acquired	By the U.S. Navy, 25 February 1998, as RV Atlantis (AGOR-25)
In service	February 1998 by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution under charter for the Office of Naval Research
Refit	In 1997, as a support ship for the U.S. Navy Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin
Identification	IMO number: 9105798 MMSI number: 367241000 Callsign: KAQP
Notes	In service
General characteristics
Type	Thomas G. Thompson-class oceanographic research ship
Tonnage	3,180 gt; 1,332 dwt
Length	273.2 ft. 9  in. (83.2 m)
Beam	52.5 ft. (16 m)
Draft	19 feet (5.8 m)
Installed power	Diesel Generators: Three 1500 kW, Three 715 kW 600 VAC.
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, azimuthing stern thrusters - 3000 HP per thruster, Bow Thruster: Azimuthing jet 1,180 SHP
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Range	17,280 NM
Endurance	60 days
Boats & landing craft carried	Two rigid-hull inflatable rescue/work boats
Capacity	Fuel Capacity: 267,540 US gallons (1,012,700 L)
Complement	22 Civilian Mariners; 24 Scientists; 12 Deep Submergence Operations Group (Alvin); 2 SSSG Techs.
Sensors and processing systems	As installed on Atlantis, the SeaBeam 2100/12 system consists of underhull projectors and diver-replaceable hydrophones, a single 19" electronics rack, an operator's workstation and peripherals.

RV Atlantis is a Thomas G. Thompson-class oceanographic research ship, owned by the US Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet.^[1] She is the host vessel of DSV Alvin.^[2] She is named for the first research vessel operated by WHOI, the sailboat RV Atlantis, for which the Space Shuttle Atlantis is also named.