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RI Shipwrecks - SUBMITTED  
UNOLS Project ID: 104836 URI Serial #: None
Date Submitted: 4/9/2015 8:18:00 AM Last Modified: 4/9/2015 8:18:00 AM
Status: Submitted Version #: 1
Principal Investigator (PI) Contact Information
Dwight Coleman
 GSO URI_GSO 		(401) 874-6637
 dcoleman*%*%*uri^%^%^edu
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) & other collaborators Contact Information
Michael L. BrennanURI_GSO(401) 874-6186mlbrennan*%*%*uri^%^%^edu
Project Information (Proposal, Grant, Project, Contract, Program)
Project Title: Telepresence-­-Enabled ROV Exploration of Rhode Island Shipwrecks
Program Name:  
Scientific Discipline: Multi-Disciplinary Marine Archaeology
Project Status: Funded Grant/Proposal
Project Funding Agencies:
Agency/Division/Program Grant or Project Number Funding Status
STATE RIEP Funded
Other Agency or Program Description: State of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Endeavor Program
Project Institution: University of Rhode Island
Institution Project #:
Project Start Date: 7/1/2015
End Date: 12/31/2015
Proposal Deadline
(proposal date):		  
Total Project Budget: $30,000
Project Description and Facility Requirements
Project Web Page: http://www.innerspacecenter.org
Summary of Field Work: The R/V Endeavor, recently equipped with an upgraded satellite telecommunication system and a video telepresence system, along with a side-scan sonar system and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) system, will be used to explore the remains of several shipwrecks located near the Rhode Island coast, including the German U-Boat U-853. This project will employ the telepresence system to broadcast live video feeds from the ROV dives, through the Inner Space Center, into Rhode Island classrooms and the public Internet. The exploration team will include historians and archaeologists from the Ocean Exploration Trust and from NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. The team will also include marine biologist Dr. David Gruber from Baruch College, who will loan his ROV and biological expertise to the project. The ROV is the DeepReef ROV, a Saab Seaeye Falcon (Figure 1), which is capable of diving to 300m depth and is equipped with a special camera system for imaging bioluminescent animals. A side-scan sonar system will be used to survey the shipwreck sites prior to launching the ROV. This will allow the explorers to collect sonar imagery (i.e. Figure 2) that will be used to construct a dive plan and to navigate the ROV safely around each wreck site. Several other shipwrecks will be explored in addition to the U-853, and these sites will be determined in consultation with NOAA’s Maritime Heritage Program officers (part of the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries) and the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission. In addition to exploring shipwrecks, ROV time will be spent imaging and researching (including possibly collecting) bioluminescent animals in the water column and on the sea floor around the wreck sites. This work will be conducted under the supervision of and in partnership with David Gruber and URI-GSO graduate student and ROV pilot Brennan Phillips.
Summary of Facility Requirements: We will need sufficient deck space and lab space to support the ROV operation. The R/V Endeavor has what we need. We will need to integrate ship navigation data into our data acquisition systems, and will rely on the ship's ADCP, subbottom profiler, and satellite/video telepresence system.
Summary of other requirements or comments:
List of Ship, Aircraft and Facility Requests
 YearShipTotal DaysCost EstimateStart Date (optimum)RepeatMulti-shipAreaClearanceStatus
View 2015 Endeavor 7 $106,970 Sep 01, 2015 No No RI Sound No Submitted

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