US Academic Research Fleet Cruise Planning Websites

Although the general cruise planning process is similar for all the US Academic Research Fleet’s vessels, each vessel has their own regulations and procedures.  It is important to understand these regulations.  Click on a vessel's name in the table below to access each vessel’s Cruise Planning page.

OPERATING INSTITUTION

SHIP

OWNER

LENGTH (ft)

GLOBAL CLASS SHIPS
University of Washington THOMAS G. THOMPSON Navy 274
Scripps Institution of Oceanography ROGER REVELLE Navy 274
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ATLANTIS Navy 274
University of Alaska Fairbanks SIKULIAQ NSF 261
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory MARCUS G. LANGSETH NSF 235
OCEAN/INTERMEDIATE CLASS SHIPS
University of Hawaii KILO MOANA Navy 186
Oregon State University OCEANUS NSF 177
University of Rhode Island ENDEAVOR NSF 185
Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences ATLANTIC EXPLORER BBSR 168
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution NEIL ARMSTRONG Navy 238
Scripps Institution of Oceanography SALLY RIDE Navy 238
REGIONAL CLASS SHIPS
University of Delaware HUGH R. SHARP UD  146
COASTAL/LOCAL CLASS SHIPS
Scripps Institution of Oceanography ROBERT GORDON SPROUL SIO 125
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium PELICAN LUMCON 116
University of Miami F.G WALTON SMITH UM 96
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography SAVANNAH UG 92
University of Minnesota - Duluth BLUE HERON UMD 86
University of Washington RACHEL CARSON U. Washington 72