HOV Alvin
WHOI operates the U.S. Navy-owned Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin for the national oceanographic community. Commissioned in 1964 as one of the world’s first deep-ocean submersibles, Alvin has made more than 4,700 dives. MORE
AUV Sentry
The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry a fully autonomous underwater vehicle capable of exploring the ocean down to 6,000 meters (19,685 feet) depth. The vehicle’s hydrodynamic shape also gives it vertical mobility when exploring rugged seafloor terrain. MORE
TowCam
The WHOI TowCam is an internally recording, digital, deep-sea camera system that also aquires volcanic glass and seawater samples using up to eight rock core winches and four 1.2 liter or 5.0 liter Niskin bottles, meanwhile collecting and transmitting CTD water properties data. MORE
R/V Atlantis
The research vessel (R/V) Atlantis is owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by WHOI for the oceanographic community. It is one of the most sophisticated research vessels afloat, and it is specifically outfitted for launching and servicing Alvin. MORE
