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A. v. Humboldt
Germany

Adriaen Coenen
Den Helder, North Holland

Agulhas
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Antarctic Supply/Oceanographic Research Vessel

Akademik
Varna
Multi-purpose (Hydrophysics, Hydrochemistry, Hydrobiology, Geology, Underwater Archaeology)

AKADEMIK SHOKALSKIY
Vladivostok

Albert Lucas
France

Alkor
Glückstadt, Schleswig-Holstein
Oceanography Fisheries Geology Biology Helcon-Monitoring Baltic

Alliance
Saint Ignace, Michigan

Alpha Crucis
Shire of Exmouth, Western Australia

Amundsen (CCGS)
Québec City
Ice breaking, half on Arctic research and half on coast guard duties

Antea
Noumea

Antedon II
La Seyne-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
oceanography

Anuanua Moana
Avatiu

Arctic Hunter
Split

Arctic Ocean
Esbjerg, Region of Southern Denmark

ARCTICUS
Cheboygan

Arne Tiselius
Marstal
Marine research (biological oceanography, marine biology, ecology and monitoring)

Arni Fridriksson
Akureyri
Fisheries research and oceanography; LR Ice Class 1B

Atair (IV)
Geestland, Lower Saxony
Measurement and Monitoring

Atlantis
Town of St. George
Oceanography

Auk
Scituate

Aurora Magnetica
Yellowknife
Low impact year round observation platform with silent mode operation

Austral
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires
Geoscience

Bowditch
East Booth Bay

Brooks McCall
Brazoria County, Texas

Cape Ferguson
Townsville

Capella
Rostock
Survey

Caribou Isle (CCGS)
Sault Ste. Marie

Celtic Voyager
Nunavut
Multipurpose Research Vessel

Coriollis II
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Oceanography

Corystes II
Belfast
Cosmo
USA

Côtes de la Manche
France

Cove Isle (CCGS)
Parry Sound

David Packard
Monterey County, California

Defender
Dutch Harbor

Deneb
Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandsockel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Survey, wreck search
Dohrn
Italy

Donald W. Pritchard
Stony Brook
Near shore sampling
Doris
Gothenburg

Electra af Askö
Umeå kommun

Elisabeth Mann Borgese
Germany

Emma Bardán
Vigo

Explorer
Philippines
Oceanography Geology Hydrography Geophysical Surveys

Falkor (Too)
Cayman Islands

Fortuna Kingfisher
Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony

Fortuna Robin
Esbjerg, Region of Southern Denmark

G. M. Dannevig
Flødevigen
Fishery research, environmental research

G.M. Dannevig
Grimstad

Gaia Blu
Italy

García del Cid
Barcelona

Gloria Michelle
Dukes County, Massachusetts

Gulf Challenger
New Castle
Oceanography

Gulf Surveyor
New Castle

Gyre
Oranjestad
Oceanography

H.U. Sverdrup II
Harstad

Hans Brattström
Florvåg

Hespérides
Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

Hydrograf
Germany

Hydrograf
Tromsø

Ikatere
Wellington

Investigator
Hobart

Jaywun
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate
multi-purpose marine conservation and fisheries vessel

Johan Hjort
Hammerfest
Fisheries and environmental research

John P. Tully (CCGS)
Patricia Bay
Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Kaharoa
Stellendam, South Holland

Kaharoa II
Kaiwharawhara, Wellington
seafloor imaging, deployment and maintenance of the tsunami detection network and international Argo floats

Kaho
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Long term fish stock evaluation and restoration program

Kaunana
Honolulu

Ken Barbor
Gulfport, Mississippi

Kittiwake
Friday Harbor

Kiyi
Seattle, Washington
Fish population and habitat research, limnological research

Komet (2)
Geestland, Lower Saxony
Measurements

Kronprins Haakon
Norway

L'Europe
Le Rove, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Multipurpose Research Vessel

Leeway Striker
Halifax

Limitless
Hobart

Magister
Hammond, Oregon

Manta
Galveston

Mar Argentino
Mar del Plata
Fisheries Research

Marcus G Langseth
Palisades

Maria S. Merian
Las Palmas, Canary Islands

METEOR IV
Kiel

Miguel Oliver
Oeiras
fishing and oceanographic research

Miss Emma Mccall
Coronado, California
Gulf of Mexico and US East Coast

Mytilus
Vigo
Oceanography

Nautilus
Freeport

Nautilus
Belcarra, British Columbia

Neil Armstrong
Woods Hole

Neomysis
Roscoff, Brittany

Nereis II
Banyuls-sur-mer

Nereus
Uddevalla kommun
Field Work, Teaching Purposes

No Limit
Sydney, New South Wales

No Limitation
Hobart

Novus
Meteghan, Nova Scotia

Ocean Dynasty
Port Lincoln, South Australia

Odon de Buen
Vigo
deep-sea research, allowing for the study of ecosystems and habitats up to 6,000 meters deep

Oregon II
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Fisheries and Living Marine Resources Studies

Oscar Dyson
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Fisheries Survey and Oceanography

Oscar Elton Sette
Honolulu
Fisheries Surveys, Oceanography, Marine Mammal and Coral reef Research

Pacific Crest
Hobart

PAVEL GORDIENKO
Vladivostok

Persévérance
France
supply the Polar POD

Pisces
Sussex County, Delaware

Planula IV
France

Point Sur
Houma, Louisiana
Oceanography

Polarfuchs
Kiel
Marine ecological surveys and training purposes

Prince Madog
Menai Bridge
Oceanography

Princess Royal
Seaton Sluice, England

Prinsesse Ingrid Alexandra
Tromsø

Professor A. Penck
Germany

PROFESSOR KHROMOV
Vladivostok

PROFESSOR MULTANOVSKIY
Vladivostok

Proteus
Lagos, Lagos State

Puerto Deseado
Mar del Plata
Oceanography

R/V Gilbert R. Mason
Gulfport

Rachel Carson
Monterey County, California
Marine biology, university teaching

Rachel Carson
Moss Landing

Rainier
Marin County, California
Hydrography Survey

Ramón Margalef
Málaga, Andalusia

Reuben Lasker
Coronado, California

Robert Gordon Sproul
San Diego
Oceanography

Roger Revelle
San Diego, California
Oceanography

Ronald H. Brown
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Oceanographic and Atmospheric research

Sagitta III
France

Sally Ride
Punta Arenas, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region

Sarmiento de Gamboa
Vigo
Multidisciplinary research vessel

Sea Explorer
Ayia Napa
Sailing Solar Electric Catamaran: 1) Cetacean Acoustic & Visual Survey (lookouts at 5m & 22m); 2) AUV soft lift deployment & recovery, medium baseline positioning; 3) ROV deployment & recovery, high bandwidth fibre optic connection to 2000m & large subsea power bank for extended ROV endurance; 4) Oceanographic water sampling & sensor deployment to 2000m.

Searcher
USA

Seawolf
Stony Brook
coastal Large-scale oceanographic sampling and trawling

Sépia II
France

Shana Rae
Santa Cruz, California
resource management, instrument & vehicle deployment

Shearwater
Santa Barbara, California

Sikuliaq
Alaska

Simon Stevin
Ostend

Solander
Crawley

Soliton
USA

Søløven
Thyborøn, Central Denmark Region

Storm Petrel
La Push

Sverdrupson
Esbjerg, Region of Southern Denmark

Tethys II
France

Thalia
Porto Grande-São Vicente

Thomas G. Thompson
Sånta Rita-Sumai Municipality, Guam
Oceanography

Thomas Jefferson
Hampton, Virginia
Hydrographic Surveys, Nautical Charting

Thórunn Thórðardóttir
Hafnarfjörður

Tiglax
Homer, Alaska
Wildlife Research Support Vessel, Seabird surveys, Oceanographic studies, Marine mammal studies Fish

Tioga
Woods Hole
Coastal Oceanography

Tom Crean
Galway
Fisheries research, oceanographic and environmental research, seabed mapping surveys, as well as maintaining and deploying weather buoys, observational infrastructure and Remotely Operated Vehicles

Tommy Munro
Ocean Springs
trawling surveys, long-lining, deployment and recovery of arrays, structures, buoys and moorings, ca

Vizconde de Eza
Vigo
Oceanography and fisheries, seabed mapping

Wega
Town of St. George
Measurement and Monitoring

Western Flyer
St Petersburg

Western Shore
Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area, British Columbia

Whale Song
Suva, Central
Whale Research

Wim Wolff
Netherlands

Yellowfin
Long Beach, California
Oceanography

Yoldia
Piteå kommun

Aade
Helgoland
Longitudinal series, material supplies, fishing

Abate Molina
Valparaiso
Oceanography Fisheries

Academic Alexander Nesmeyanov
Vladivostok
oceanography, geophysics, biology, and biochemistry

Academik M. A. Lavrentiev
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai
Scientific - research

Acadiana
Cocodrie
Oceanography Fisheries

Aegaeo
Regional Unit of Islands, Attica
Oceanography_Marine Biology_Marine Geology_Bathymetry

Africana
Cape Town, Western Cape
Fisheries

Agassiz
Houghton

Águas Vivas
Horta
Coastal Ecosystems

Akademik A. Karpinsky
Lomonosov, Saint Petersburg

Akademik Boris Petrov
Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad
Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Akademik Fedorov
Russia
resupply ship for Antarctic research

Akademik Golitsyn
Russia
exploratory operation, ecological monitoring, geophysical, underwater

Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
Kaliningrad
Oceanography

Akademik Nikolaj Strakhov
Russia
Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Akademik Oparin
Cape Town, Western Cape
scientific research

Akademik Sergey Vavilov
Russia
Oceanography

Alabama Discovery
Dauphin Island

Alba Na Mara
Fraserburgh, Scotland

ALDEBARAN
Hamburg

Alemdar II
Istanbul

Algoa
Cape Town, Western Cape
Fisheries

Alliance
La Spezia
Oceanography

Alvin (DSV)
Woods Hole

ANGARI
West Palm Beach

Angeles Anvarino
Vigo

Anita Conti
France

Anna Weber-van Bosse
Den Hoorn, North Holland

Annika Marie
Prudhoe Bay
General oceanography, geophysics, pipeline surveys

Aomori Maru
Hachinohe
Oceanography Fisheries

Apalachee
St. Teresa

Aquarius (Submersible)
North Vancouver

Arabella
Tuckerton
Long-Term Ecosystem Observatory on the continental shelf

Aranda
Helsinki, Uusimaa
Oceanographic research

Arca
Mazatlán, Sinaloa
Multipurpose Research Vessel

Arcadia
Italy

Argo
Dunkirk
Fish Stock assessments

Argo II (ROV)
Woods Hole

Argus
Pasaia, Autonomous Community of the Basque Country
Ecology

Arquipelago
Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Astrea
Fiumicino
Fisheries; aquaculture; multi-purpose; environment; physical oceanography

Atlantic Explorer
St. George’s

Atlantida
Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad
Oceanography Fisheries Hydrography

Atlantniro
Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad
Oceanography Fisheries Hydrography

Atyimba
Philippines
Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Baltica
Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Oceanography, biological and fishing research

Baruna Jaya III
Samabusa, Central Papua
MULTI PURPOSE SURVEY/RESEARCH SHIP

Baruna Jaya VIII
Indonesia
geological, geophysical, biological and oceanographic research

Bay Eagle
Gloucester Point
estuarine and tributary research

Beagle (ROV)
Humboldt Bay

Beautemps-Beaupré
France

Behr Paima
Finnsnes

Bei Dou
Donggang District, Shandong
Fisheries

Bell M Shimada
Newport, Oregon

Bill Conway
Torpoint, England
University Teaching, Surveying, Oceanography

Biolab
Put-in-Bay
trap-net style vessel for open lake sampling and trawling

Bios Dva
Split
Short coastal service

Bjorn Foyn
Oslo

Blue Heron
Hillsborough County, Florida

Borys Aleksandrov
Bruges, West Flanders
Oceanography, Fisheries, Geology, Hydrography

Bosei Maru
Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture
Passenger Ship and Research, Training

Botnica
Cangas de Morrazo, Galicia

Bowditch
Fernandina Beach, Florida

Bruce C. Heezen (USNS)
Norfolk
acoustical, biological, physical and geophysical surveys

Caleta
Tuckerton
estuarine research

Callista
New Forest, England
Research and teaching

Cape Fear
Wilmington
Scientific and educational cruises

Cape Hatteras
Wilmington
Oceanography

Capitan Demidov
Russia
Fisheries

Capricorn
Morehead City

CEFAS Endeavour
East Suffolk, England
Fisheries Research Environment Research

Celtic Explorer
Galway
Multipurpose Research Vessel

Cesme
Turkey
Multipurpose research vessel

Channel Cat
Harrison Township
Great Lakes fisheries research

Chiba Maru
Japan
Fisheries

Chikyu
Japan
Enivronmental changes, processes and effects, solid Earth cycles, geodynamics, deep bioshpere

Chishio Maru
Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture
Fisheries

Chokai Maru
Japan

Chulabhorn
Thailand
Fisheries

Clupea
Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandsockel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Marine research, predominantly fisheries research

Clupea
Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Fisheries Research

COASTAL EXPLORER
Georgetown

Coastal Guardian
Cove, Scotland
Environmental Monitoring

Connecticut
Groton
Oceanography

Coral Sea
Arcata
Research & Educational Research

Coregonus
Sturgeon Bay

Corwith Cramer
Woods Hole
Education, Sailing School

Corystes
Belfast
Marine Fisheries, Environmental Research & Monitoring

Cubuklu
Turkey
Multipurpose research vessel

D. J. Angus
Grand Haven

Dallaporta
Italy
Fisheries, environment, physical oceanography

Dana IV
Hirtshals
Arctic marine research; plankton samples, bottom scrapers. Dana has several fixed measurement stations onboard including a weather station, water intake, ADCP

Deepworker (DOV)
North Vancouver
DOV

Delta
The Hague, South Holland
Measurements

Derek M. Baylis
San Francisco, California
Research

Diplodus
Faro

Discoverer
Newport

Discovery
Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Oceanography

Doktor Lubecki
Poland
Geology, Oceanography

DOKUZ EYLÜL 3
Turkey

DOKUZ EYLÜL 4
Turkey

Dong Fang Hong 2
Longkou City, Shandong

Dr. Fridtjof Nansen
Bergen
Marine research and ecosystem-based fisheries management in developing nations

DSL-120A (ROV)
Woods Hole
deeply-towed, near-bottom seafloor imaging and swath phase-bathymetric mapping

E.O. Wilson
Dauphin Island, Alabama

Eardo 2
Korea

El Puma
Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture
General Oceanographic Research

Elakha
Newport, Oregon
Oceanographic Research

Explora
Trieste
Multipurpose scientific research vessel

F.G. Walton Smith
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Shallow water, mangroves and reefs research

Fairweather
Ketchikan, Alaska
Hydrographic Surveys, Nautical Charting

Fay Slover
Norfolk

Ferdinand R Hassler
Hampton, Virginia

FlatHolm
Lowestoft

Fortuna Bluebird
Denmark

Fortuna Crane
Sassnitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Fortuna Puffin
Denmark

Francisco de Paula Navarro
La Coruña
Multipurpose (fisheries and oceanography)

Fritjof Nansen
Russia
Oceanography Fisheries

Fukushima Maru
Japan
Fisheries

Fulmar
Monterey

Furetto
Italy
Research

Furgo Gauss
Hamburg
Monitoring and Measurement

G. O. Sars
Manger
Fishery research, oceanography, small scale seismic, bottom coring, student training

Gelendzhik
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai
Oceanographic Research

Geofizik
Murmansk
geological survey

Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai
2D seismic operations

Geomari
Hanko, Uusimaa
Scientific research and seafloor mapping

Georgia Bulldog
Brunswick
research platform and education-outreach

Gibraltar III
Put-in-Bay

Glomar Worker
Vigo, Galicia

Gordon Gunter
Gulfport, Mississippi
Fishery, Marine mammals, Oceanographic and Habitiat investigations

Grandon
Fairport

GS-1
Sandusky
bottom-sediment investigations, seismic reflection profiling and physical limnology

GS-3
Put-in-Bay

Hack Noyes
Bayfield

Haida
China

Hakuho Maru
Japan
Oceanography

Hakusan Maru
Japan
Fisheries

Hans Brattstrom
Bergen
Marine biology research and student training

Healy
Portland, Oregon
research support in Polar regions, including logistics, search and rescue, ship escort and more

Heincke
Bremen
Multipurpose research vessel

Henry B. Bigelow
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Fisheries survey

Henry M. Stommel
St.George's

Henson (USNS)
Norfolk

Hidra
Jelsa
Oceanography, hydrography and geology

Hogarth
St Petersburg

Hokko Maru
Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Oceanography, Fisheries research

Hokusho Maru
Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture

HORIZON GEOBAY
Panama

Horizon Geodiscovery
Panama

Horizon Geodrill
Berwickshire, Scotland

Horizon Prospector
Berwickshire, Scotland

Hugh R. Sharp
Lewes

Humboldt
Peru
Oceanography Fisheries Geology Hydrography

Hyper-Dolphin (ROV)
Japan

Imor
Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Geology, Oceanography, Hydrography

Inland Seas
Suttons Bay

Inquisitor
Bashkia Durrës, Northern Albania
Inshore Fisheries Research

Ira C
Walpole

Ivan Kruzenshtern
Russia
Oceanography

J.H. Martin
Moss Landing
oceanographic research: trawling, bottom sampling, hydrographic sampling, bird/mammal surveys

Jago
Monaco

Jakup Sverri
Tórshavn

James Cook
Hillsborough County, Florida

JAMSTEC/ Deep Tow (4 KC/ 6 KC/ 4 KS)
Japan
Deep sea survey, pre-site survey for submersibles and ROV

Jason II/ Medea (ROV)
Woods Hole
scientific investigation of the deep ocean and seafloor

Ji Di
Laoshan District, Shandong

Jim Franks
Ocean Springs

Joe Ferguson
Savannah

John B. Heiser
Rye, New Hampshire
utility and research vessel

John H. Martin
Moss Landing
Hydrographic sampling, Geophysical Survey, dive operations, Bird/Mammal Survey

John M. Kingsbury
Rye, New Hampshire

Justo Sierra
Tuxpan
General Oceanographic Research

K. Piri Reis
Urla
Multipurpose research vessel

Kagoshima Maru
Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture
Fisheries

Kaimei
Japan
Three-mode multi-channel seismic system

Kapitan Danitsyn
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai
oceanographic research and IARC Summer school

Katy
Aransas
stern trawler for class trips

KBV 181
Umeå kommun

Keifu Maru
Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture
Oceanography and Meteorological Observation

Kilo Moana
Waipahu, Hawaii
Oceanographic

Kofu Maru
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Oceanography and Meteorological Observation

Komandor
Russia
Oceanography Fisheries

Kommandor
Panama

Kommandor Susan
Leith

Koshiji Maru
Niigata, Niigata Prefecture

Koyo Maru
Japan
Oceanography Fisheries

Kristine Bonnevie
Bergen
Fishery research, oceanography, student training

KTU Denar I
Balçova, Aegean Region
Oceanography, Fisheries research

Kuroshio
Japan

L'Astrolabe
Reunion
Polar supply and Oceanographic Ship

L'Atalante
Brest
Marine geosciences, physical oceanography and marine biology

La Curieuse
Baie du Tombeau VCA, Pamplemousses
Coastal logistics at Kerguelen Island and Oceanography

Lake Guardian
Bay City
Survey

Lamas
Turkey
biological and fisheries surveys and oceanographic investigations

Laura Bassi
Trieste
provide scientific and logistical support to the Italian polar missions

Laurentian
Muskegon
Oceanography

Lavrentyev
Russia

Le Suroit
Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Multipurpose Research Vessel

Leeway Odyssey
Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Leonardo
NATO

Light
Seattle

Limnos (CCGS)
Burlington
Coastal Research & hydrographic Survey

Littorina
Kiel
Marine research, diving missions

Luctor
Netherlands
Marine Research

Lura
A Coruña, Galicia
Multipurpose (fisheries and oceanography)

Magnus Heinason
Faroe Islands
fisheries

Malizia Explorer
Monaco

Marcelle Melosira
Town of Highlands, New York

Mare Nigrum
Constanta
Oceanography and fishery

Marie Tharp
Norfolk

Mario Ruivo
Lisbon
Fisheries Oceanographic, hydrographic, geological and ROV operations

Mário Ruivo
Lisbon

Marion Dufresne
Le Port, Réunion
French austral territories logistics and oceanographic research

Mary Sears
Norfolk

Mediterranean Explorer
Herzliya
Marine Research

Megalopa
Charleston

Meiyo
Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture
Oceanography Hydrography Geology

Meteor
Hamburg

Mirai
Sekinehama
Thermal and material cycle of the ocean and atmosphere, Ocean Ecosystem, Seafloor Dynamics

Mirgorod
Russia
Fisheries

Miyagimaru
Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Fisheries

Miyazaki Maru
Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture
Fisheries Specialized for Skipjack Research

Mogami Maru
Japan

Mojave (ROV)
Humboldt Bay

Monitor VI
Etobicoke

Mtafiti
Ostend, West Flanders
Multifunctional research vessel

Mtafiti
Ganjoni/Shimanzi ward, Mombasa County

Muikku
Helsinki, Uusimaa
Research and education on limnology, hydrology, biology,fishery and environmental geology

Muskie
Sandusky

Mussel Point
Bodega Bay
research

Naalak Nappaaluk
Nova Scotia
primarily support scientific research missions such as oceanographic, geological and hydrographic surveys, as well as ongoing study in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of St Lawrence

Naftilos
Greece
Hydrographic, oceanographic, geologic researches

Nagasaki Maru
Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture

Nancy Foster
Key West, Florida
Fisheries, pollution assessment, marine habitats and estuaries, oceanography

Narragansett Dawn
Narragansett

Nathaniel B. Palmer
Galliano
Antarctic oceanography

Navigator
USA
ocean mapping and nautical charting

Nawigator XXI
Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Research and training

Neeskay
Milwaukee
Oceanography

Nicolay Matusevitch
Russia
Hydrography

Nikolai Kononov
Russia
Fisheries

Noosfera
Punta Arenas, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region
Oceanography Antarctic Survey

Norseman ll
Dukes County, Massachusetts

Northern Franklin
Aarhus, Central Denmark Region

Northern Karoline
Aarhus, Central Denmark Region

Northern Maria
Aarhus

Northern Victoria
Aarhus, Central Denmark Region

Noruega
Oeiras
Fisheries, oceanic and coastal oceanography

Nour
Libya
Fisheries

NRP "Almirante Gago Coutinho"
Lisbon
Oceanic and Coastal Research

NRP "Auriga"
Lisbon
Estuary and coastal research

NRP "D. Carlos I"
Oeiras
Oceanic and Coastal Research

Nucella
Walpole

Ocean Endeavour
Berwickshire, Scotland
Multi-Role Survey Vessel

Ocean Geograph
Panama

Ocean Observer
East Suffolk, England

Ocean Reliance
Panama

OCEAN RESEARCHER
East Suffolk, England

Ocean Resolution
Panama

Ocean Surveyor
Trelleborg

Ocean Titan
Seattle
Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TAO)

Ocean Vantage
Panama

Oceania
Namhae-gun, South Gyeongsang
Oceanography

Oceanograf 2
Gdynia
Oceanography research

Oceanographer
Honolulu

Oden
Luleå
icebreaking and oceanography, marine biology, geology and geophysics and atmospheric research

Okeanos Explorer
Ketchikan, Alaska
Exploration and Discovery

Onnuri
Korea
Oceanography Fisheries Geology Hydrography

Ontario Explorer
Glenora

Orion (Ecuador)
Gorleston-on-Sea, England
Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Oryavide
Montevideo
Crewed Oceanographic Operations Platform/Non Equipped (Note 1)

Oshoro Maru IV
Japan
Oceanography Fisheries

Oshoro-maru
Japan

Outer Limit
Hobart

Oyama Maru
Noro, Western

P. Gordienko
Russia
Oceanography

Palagruza
Split
Multipurpose research vessel

Palmetto
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
fishery and oceanographic surveys

Paragon
USA

Parke Snavely
Santa Cruz
Seafloor Mapping

Pathfinder (USNS)
Norfolk
acoustical, biological, physical and geophysical surveys

Pátzcuaro
Mexico

Pelagia
Texel
Oceanographic Research

Pelican
Cocodrie
General Purpose Oceanographic Research

Phantom 300
Wilmington

Philia
Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein

Pitheas
Greece
Hydrographic, oceanographic, geologic researches

Planet
Walvis Bay, Erongo Region

Pluteus
Charleston

Polar Star
Seattle
Oceanogrphy, Sea-ice physics, Geology supports several research expeditions to the Arctic regions

Polarstern
Bremerhaven
Biology, geology, geophysics, glaciology, chemics, oceanography and meteorology

Pourquoi pas?
Ponta Delgada

Professor Bogorov
Russky, Primorsky Krai
scientific research

Professor Gagarinsky
Vladivostok
scientific research

Professor Kaganovsky
Russia
Oceanography Fisheries

Professor Kizivetter
Russia
Oceanography Fisheries

Professor Kurentsov
Russky, Primorsky Krai
2D seismic surveys; wide angle deep seismic profiling; high resolution seismic; sea bed sampling; gr

Professor Levanidov
Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast
Oceanography Fisheries

Professor Logachev
Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
Oceanographic research

Professor Marti
Russia
Oceanography Fisheries

Professor Shtockman
Russia
Oceanography

Professor Vodyanitskiy
Sevastopol, Sevastopol
Oceanography

Pugettia
Charleston

Ramon Margalef
VIgo

Retriever
Monterey
Heavy work on the Shallows

Richardson Point
Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia
Survey

Robert Ballard (due 2026)
Norfolk

Robert C Seamans
Clallam County, Washington
Sailing School Vessels

Robert Gray
El Granada, California

Robertson
Seattle

Ropos (ROV)
North Saanich

RV Ken Higgs
Canada

Ryofu Maru
Sokehs, Pohnpei
Oceanography and Meteorological Observation

Sagar Kanya
India
Geoscientific, Meteorological, Biological, Physical and Chemical Oceanographic Research

Sagar Nidhi
India

Sagar Sampada
Kochi, Kerala
Oceanography Fisheries

Sanna
Nuuk
Coastal area in West Greenland.; mainly used for coastal studies of halibut, crab and cod and for collecting samples in connection with climate/environmental studies in relation to raw material exploration

Satsumaseiun Maru
Japan
Fisheries

Saulkrasty
Russia
Hydrography

Savannah
Aegina, Attica
Oceanographic Studiees in Estuarine and Continental shelf

Sayulita
Manzanillo
Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Schall
Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein
Multipurpose research vessel

Schollevaar
Yerseke
Fishery research vessel

Scotia
Aberdeen City, Scotland
Fishstock assessment and environmental monitoring

Scott
Plymouth
collecting and processing navigational, gravity, magnetic and swath bathymetric data

Sculpin
Waukegan

Sea Trident
Great Yarmouth
Multi-Role Survey Vessels

Seafdec
Thailand
Fisheries Research and Training

Seahawk
Wilmington

Senckenberg
Den Oever, North Holland

Seol Mara
Dunstaffnage
Oceanography

Sepia
Plymouth
Inshore and estuarine research

Seth Green
Cape Vincent
stock assessment and sampling

Sheila B.
Moss Landing
Trawling, Bird/Mammal surveys, Diving, Animal Tagging, Acoustics, Equipment Deployment

Shenu
Argentina
oceanography (physical chemical and biological), the study of the deep sea ecosystem, coastal geology, hydro-caustics and assessment of local living resources.

Shi Yan No. 2
China
Geology

Shi Yan No. 3
China
Oceanography

Shinkai 6500 (DSV)
Japan
Survey and observations at 6,500 m

Shinsei Maru
Japan

Shinyo Maru
Japan
Oceanography Fisheries Geology Hydrography

Shirase
Japan

Shonan Maru
Japan
Fisheries

Shonan Maru 2
Japan
Fisheries

Shoyo
Makurazaki, Kagoshima Prefecture
earthquake prediction, volcanic activity and marine environment

Shoyo Maru
Japan

Shunyo Maru
Shimizu
Oceanography and Fish stock investigation

Sibiryakov
Russia
Hydrography

Skagerak
Luleå kommun
Oceanographic research

SOCIB
Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands
Western Mediterranean European Ports

Solea
Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony
Fisheries research

Sonne
Wilhelmshaven
Multi-purpose research vessel

Soyo Maru
Japan
Fisheries research

Spencer F. Baird
Cheboygan

State of Michigan
Traverse City
Maritime Academy training ship equipped to support Great Lakes research

Steaua de Mare 1
Constanța

Storm
Alpena

Sturgeon
Boston, Massachusetts
Fisheries related science and aquatic science projects

Surveyor
USA
ocean mapping and nautical charting

Svea
Elsinore

Syoyo Maru
Japan
Fisheries

Taani
Newport

Taka Maru
Japan

Takuyo
Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
Surveys on Hydrography, Oceanography, Geodesy, Geophysics, Marine Pollution, Meteorology

Tangaroa
Ōrākei, Auckland
Marine Science

Tara
France

Teleost (CCGS)
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Offshore Fisheries Research

Telina
Portugal

Ten'yo
Tokyo
Oceanography, Geology, Hydrography

Thalassa
Brest
Fisheries research, physical oceanography and support for VICTOR 6000

Thuwal
Thuwal, Makkah Region
Oceanographic Sampling, Survey

Thuwal II
Saudi Arabia
conduct research in coastal and deep-water areas, supporting exploration of coral reefs, marine biodiversity, and geological formations

Tidewater
Gloucester Bay

Tinro
Russia
Oceanography Fisheries

Titan Discovery
Beaumaris, Wales

Titan Endeavour
East Suffolk, England

Tosa Kaien-Maru
Kōchi, Kochi Prefecture
Fisheries

Tridens
County Cork, West Cork
Oceanography Fisheries Hydrography

Trygve Braarud
Moss
Teaching, research, (supervision/surveillance)

Tubitak Marmara
Üsküdar, Marmara Region

UAV Sentry
Woods Hole

Ukpik
Prudhoe Bay

Umitaka Maru
Japan
Fisheries

Urashima (AUV)
Japan
monitoring carbon dioxide dynamic through carbon isotope) underwater

Ushio maru
Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture

Vector (CCGS)
Patricia Bay
Coastal Research & Survey

Ventana (ROV)
USA

Vilnus
Russia
Oceanography Fisheries

Virginia
Gloucester Point

W. G. Jackson
Muskegon
Research and education

Wadtoren De Richel
Netherlands

Wakataka Maru
Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture

Walther Herwig III
Bremerhaven
Fisheries Research

Weatherbird II
St. Petersburg

Western Flyer
Norfolk, Virginia

William Scandling
Geneva
teaching and research chemical, physical, biology and geology

Winnaretta Singer
Monaco

Xiang Yang Hong No. 10
China
Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Xiang Yang Hong No. 14
China
Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Xiang Yang Hong No. 7
China
Oceanography Geology Hydrography

Xiang Yang Hong No. 9
China
Oceanography

Yersin
Monaco

Yoko Maru
Japan
Oceanography Fisheries Hydrography

Yokosuka
Arida, Wakayama Prefecture
Oceanography Geology

Yuzhmorgeologiya
Russia
Oceanographic research

Zephyr
Monterey County, California

Zirfaea
Netherlands
Multipurpose Research Vessel

Zoea
Anacortes
shallow water, work in foul weather, fast transport to distant sampling sites