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View aft of R/V Neil Armstrong as she heads out to sea.

View aft of R/V Neil Armstrong as she heads out to sea.
View aft of R/V Neil Armstrong as she heads out to sea.
View aft of R/V Neil Armstrong as she heads out to sea.
View aft of R/V Neil Armstrong as she heads out to sea.
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LaCapra, Véronique
View aft of R/V Neil Armstrong as she heads out to sea.
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05/26/2016
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The research vessel Neil Armstrong heads to the Ocean Observatories Initiative Coastal Pioneer Array about 90 miles south of Martha's Vineyard. Every six months, WHOI engineers, scientists, and crew travel to the array to "turn" it: They pull all of its components out the water and replace them with clean, repaired, fully charged ones, such as those visible here on the deck. But safely wrangling mooring components that weigh tens of thousands of pounds is no easy feat. It takes skill, experience, and careful coordination between scientists and crew, often using the Armstrongs towering A-frame to hoist equipment into or out of the water.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 1, pg. 40:
Maneuvering mooring components that weigh tens of thousands of pounds is no easy feat. They are often hoisted and lowered into the water using the research vessel Neil Armstrongs towering A-frame.
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Photo by Véronique LaCapra
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