RV Atlantis (AGOR-25)


R/V Atlantis is an oceanographic research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System fleet. She is the host vessel of DSV Alvin. She is named for the first research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, R/V Atlantis for which the is also named.

Construction

Atlantis was built by Halter Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi. She was laid down in August 1994 and launched in February 1996. She was delivered to the U.S. Navy on 25 February 1998, as R/V Atlantis a Thomas G. Thompson-class oceanographic research ship.
Atlantis is scheduled for midlife maintenance and refitting starting in 2020, with an expected release in 2021.

Deck equipment

The Atlantis and three other research ships were all built to the same basic design. The three sister ships are R/V Thomas G. Thompson, R/V Roger Revelle and NOAAS Ronald H. Brown.