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NCCOS Assessment: US underwater vehicle activity in the Western Atlantic, 1964 to 2019 (NCEI Accession 0276284)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2023-02-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
This data resource provides information on the vessel, location, date, institution of origin, purpose, and objective of submersible operations (including Human Occupied Vehicles [HOV], Remotely Operated Vehicles [ROV], and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles [AUV]) conducted in the Western Atlantic in the years 1964 - 2019. Dive logs from 23 different US-based underwater vehicles were collected to create this layer, available in both tabular comma-separated value (.CSV) and geospatial shapefile (.SHP) formats.

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0276284 DEBRIS HABITAT - BENTHIC ORGANISMS - SEDIMENT DWELLING swimmer/diver survey - swimmer/diver Brooks McCall CAPE HATTERAS EDWIN LINK JASON II Little Hercules MANTA MARIA S. MERIAN NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter NOAA Ship Nancy Foster NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer NOAA Ship Oregon II NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown R/V F.G. Walton Smith R/V Falkor R/V Knorr R/V Seward Johnson R/V Seward Johnson II RV Sultana USS Kittiwake NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science LONG-TERM MONITORING AT THE EAST AND WEST FLOWER GARDEN BANKS (FLOWER GARDENS) NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE/CURVE (NMFS/CURVE) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research's Integrated Product Team (OER IPT) Caribbean Sea Great Lakes Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean Northwest Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W) oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NCCOS Project, [Southeast Deep Coral Initiative (SEDCI): Exploring Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems off the Southeast U.S.] EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Marine Spatial Ecology > Habitat Mapping Social Science > Assessing Human Use Derived Data Product Geospatial Underwater vehicle dive Autonomous Underwater Vehicles [AUV] Human Occupied Vehicles [HOV] Remotely Operated Vehicles [ROV] digital records AUVS > Autonomous Underwater Vehicles ROVS > Remotely Operated Vehicle SUBMARINE Ships Brooks McCall (call sign: WCZ7811, ICES code: 33TC) CAPE HATTERAS (call sign: WRZ8934, ICES code: 32KZ, 1981-) EDWIN LINK (call sign: WTL4798, ICES code: 33EL, 1987-2001) F. G. Walton Smith (call sign: WCZ6292, ICES code: 33WA, 1999-) Falkor (call sign: ZCYL5, ICES code: CIFR, 2009-2022) GORDON GUNTER (call sign: WTEO, ICES code: 33GG, 1998-) JASON II (ICES code: 33TS, 2002-) KNORR (call sign: KCEJ, ICES code: 316N, 1970-) Kittiwake (ICES code: 31O0) Little Hercules (ICES code: 321I, 2000-) MANTA (call sign: ORKJ, ICES code: 11AS, 2019-) MARIA S. MERIAN (call sign: DBBT, ICES code: 06M2, 2006-) NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) OKEANOS EXPLORER (call sign: WTDH, ICES code: 334A, 2008-) OREGON II (call sign: WTDO, ICES code: 316O, 1977-) Ronald H. Brown (call sign: WTEC, ICES code: 33RO, 1997-) SEWARD JOHNSON (call sign: WST9756, ICES code: 33SW, 1985-2010) SEWARD JOHNSON II (call sign: WTL4798, ICES code: 33S2, 2001-2006) SULTANA (ICES code: PRST) Alvin DSR/V Arc ROV Atlantis R/V Brooks McCall R/V Cape Hatteras R/V Carolyn Chouest M/V Clelia DSR/V Deep Discoverer ROV Edwin Link R/V Falkor R/V Freedom Star M/V Global Explorer ROV Gordon Gunter R/V Hela ROV Hercules ROV Holiday Chouest M/V Jason II ROV Johnson Sea Link DSR/V Johnson Sea Link II DSR/V Knorr R/V Kraken2 ROV Liberty Star M/V Little Hercules ROV Manta R/V Maria S. Merian R/V MiniRover MKII ROV Mohawk 18 ROV NR-1 Submarine Nancy Foster NOAA Ship Nautilus E/V Nekton Rorqual Ocean Inspector DSV Odysseus ROV Okeanos Explorer NOAA Ship Oregon II R/V Phantom DS4 ROV Phantom S2 ROV Pisces NOAA Ship Revelle R/V Ronald H Brown NOAA Ship SeaBED AUV SeaEye Falcon ROV Seabotix LBV200 ROV Sentry AUV Seward Johnson II R/V Seward Johnson R/V Shilling UHD ROV Spree M/V Sultana R/V USS Kittiwake Walton Smith R/V Yogi ROV CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > GREAT LAKES, CANADA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO Waterbodies > Atlantic Ocean Waterbodies > Caribbean Sea Waterbodies > Great Lakes Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Great Lakes Gulf of Mexico International waters North Atlantic Ocean Northwest Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W) Region > International Y71HKM

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