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Original R/V Atlantis sea trials, under sail.

Original R/V Atlantis sea trials, under sail.
Original R/V Atlantis sea trials, under sail.
Original R/V Atlantis sea trials, under sail.
Original R/V Atlantis sea trials, under sail.
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Original R/V Atlantis sea trials, under sail.
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06/01/1931
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Actual date of the photograph is unknown. Flying Danish flag, complete profile view, full sail.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, vol. 49, no. 2, page 20:
Built in 1931, Atlantis was WHOIs first ship. As the first vessel built specifically for deep-water oceanographic research, the 143-foot ketch rejuvenated the field, making 299 cruises until it was retired in 1964.
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Atlantis, the first ship used at WHOI for multidisciplinary ocean research, departed for sea trials after it was built in 1931. The 142-foot, ketch-rigged Atlantis retired from service to the U.S. oceanographic community in 1963, but the name was passed to two other WHOI-operated vesselsthe now-retired Atlantis II and the current Atlantis, which began work in 1997. It was the first vessel built specifically for deep-water oceanographic research at WHOI.
Photo courtesy of WHOI Archives
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