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RI Shipwrecks
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2015
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Endeavor
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Project Title: |
Telepresence--Enabled ROV Exploration of Rhode Island Shipwrecks |
Project Status: |
Submitted |
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Principal Investigator: |
Dwight Coleman, URI_GSO |
Project Institution: |
URI_GSO |
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Project ID: |
104836 |
Version #: |
1 |
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Date Submitted: |
4/9/2015 8:18:00 AM |
Created By: |
Dwight Coleman |
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Date Last Modified: |
4/9/2015 8:18:00 AM |
URI Serial #: |
None |
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Funding Agencies: |
STATE - RIEP - Funded |
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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. |
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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. |
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Summary of other requirements and comments: |
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Type of Request: |
Primary Ship Use |
Request Status: |
Submitted |
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Request ID: |
1007741 |
Created By: |
Dwight Coleman |
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Date Last Modified: |
4/9/2015 8:18:00 AM |
Date Submitted: |
4/9/2015 8:18:00 AM |
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Year: |
2015
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Ship/Facility: |
Endeavor
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Optimum Start Date:
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9/1/2015 |
Dates to Avoid: |
We are already locked in to Endeavor's schedule for 9/1 - 9/7, 2015. |
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Earliest Start Date: |
9/1/2015 |
Multi-Ship Op: |
No |
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Latest Start Date: |
9/2/2015 |
Other Ship(s): |
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Operating Days Needed: |
Science Days |
Mob Days |
De-Mob Days |
Estimated Transit Days |
Total Days |
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5 |
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0 |
7 |
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year) |
No |
Interval: |
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# of Cruises: |
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Description of Repeating cruise requirements: |
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Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations: |
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Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules: |
RI Sound |
| Description of Op Area: |
Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound |
| Op Area Size/Dia.: |
20 nm2 |
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Lat/Long |
Marsden Grid |
Navy Op Area |
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Beginning
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41° 30' N
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71° 45' W
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Ending
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Show Degrees Minutes |
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Foreign Clearance Required? |
No |
Coastal States:
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 Important Info on Foreign Research Clearances
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Are you or any member in your science party bringing in any science equipment items which are regulated for export by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)?
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No |
If yes, have you applied for the necessary permits through your export control office?
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No |
| Questions about ITAR/EAR regulations?
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Comments about foreign clearance requirements or
description of any other special permitting requirements
(e.g., MMPA, ESA, IHA, Marine Sanctuaries, etc.) |
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Requested Start Port |
Intermediate Port(s) |
Requested End Port |
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None |
None |
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Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops |
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Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports
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Chief Scientist: |
Dwight Coleman, URI_GSO |
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# in Science Party |
10 |
# of different science teams |
1 |
# Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
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1 |
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Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements |
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 Dynamic Positioning |  ADCP | Multibeam | Seismic |
| Dredging/Coring/Large Dia. Trawl Wire | Stern A-frame | Fiber Optic (.681) | 0.680 Coax Wire |
| SCUBA Diving | Radioisotope use - briefly describe | NO Radioisotope use/Natural level work | Other Operator Provided Inst. - Describe |
| 0 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe | MOCNESS | | |
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Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling. |
Saab SeaEye Falcon ROV
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Explain Major Ancillary Facilities
Requirements and list description
and provider for "other" systems. |
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