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2003


OCEANEER IV





An interactive information source on the Florida Atlantic University OE Research Vessel, Oceaneer IV. 

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INFORMATION

NAME: 

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R/V OCEANEER IV

BUILT: 

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1978 

LENGTH: 

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34 feet 

BEAM: 

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13 feet 

DRAFT: 

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3.5 feet 

AFT DECK: 

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12'x12' 

MAIN ENGINE: 

Cat 3208

210 hp 

SPEED: 

max:

9 knots 

 

cruising:

8 knots 

RANGE: 

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700 nm 

CREW: 

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1 or 2 

Technical/Scientific: 

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8 (day ops only) 

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EQUIPMENT

GENERAL 

 

OCEANOGRAPHIC 

 

 

 

 

 

Magnavox MX-200 GPS W/DGPS 
1-2 m accuracy 

 

FSI CTD

 

1800 & 400 Watt UPS systems 
550 Watt DC/AC inverter 

 

Chirp Sonar High Resolution 
(sub bottom profiler 5-40 meters) 

 

Standard Eclipse+ & Apelco VXL7500 
VHF Radios 

 

Digital Side Scan Sonar 
(100/500 kHz) 

 

2 Fluxgate Compasses 

 

Hi-8mm U/W Video Camera 

 

Cellular Phone 

 

U/W Video System 300'cable + SVHS 

 

SLIP/PPP Cellular Internet Connection 

 

Laptop computer, VGA Monitor 

 

Horizon DS-50 Digital Depth Sounder 
with NMEA 0813 output 

 

Refractometer, Digital Thermometer 

 

Raytheon Digital Fathometer 

 

Clamshell Grab 

 

Onan MDKD 8 kW Generator 
(120/240 Volts) 

 

Secchi disk & 3 Niskin bottles(1L) 

 

Air-conditioned Cabin (18500 BTU/Hr) 

 

S4 Currentmeter + support stand 

 

Cetrek AutoPilot

 

Water Jet Probe (Max water depth 70') 

 

Dive Platform and SCUBA gear 

 

USBL ORE Trackpoint II & LXT systems 

 

Hydraulic Cat-head, Mounted on davit 
1400 Lbs line pull @ 41 ft/min 

 

Long Baseline Sonar 3-5 meter accuracy 

 

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CRUISE INFO

The R/V OCEANEER is docked at: 

SeaTech 
101 N. Beach Road 
Dania Beach, Fl  33004 

Typically the Oceaneer is loaded/unloaded at one of several locations, SeaTech in Dania and 
Silver Palm Park located in down town Boca Raton on the ICW. The Oceaneer is generally 
operated off of the SE coast of Florida including the Florida Keys. During poor weather, operations 
can be moved into an area called "Boca Lake", which is an expansion of the ICW just inside 
the Boca Inlet, or operations can be moved to Biscayne Bay just south of Miami. 

 

SHIP BOARD COMPUTING

On-Board Computing Capabilities 

 

 

 

Laptop computers, MAC 540C, PCs etc... 

 

Software:

GMT - General Mapping Tools, 3D graphical display of data 

 

Hardware:

Sun Systems IPC, Sparc I,I+,II 

 

 

SGI PI, Indigo, 19" Rack mount systems 

 

 

HP Workstations 

 

PERSONNEL

BOB FRANKS
Staff Engineer, Boat Captain and Diving Officer - 954-924-7061(office),  954-816-4826 (cell) 

MAURICE ANDREWS - Boat Captain/Diver 

FOR CURRENT MARINE WEATHER AND THE MARINE FORECAST
 http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.phtml?$station=lkwf1
 http://buoyweather.com/wxnav.jsp?region=FL&program=nww3Java&id=SE10
http://web.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/WXMAP/GLOBAL/ngp.troplant.2002011412.htm
 http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=kfll&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=RadarLoop&prodnav=none
 http://nosurprise.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphics.html

 

CONTACTING THE OCEANEER

Phone Numbers 

 

 

 

Bob's Office,  SeaTech: Room 115, (954)924-7061

 

 

Office FAX, SeaTech...(954) 924-7007

 

Mailing Address 

 

 

 

Bob Franks 

 

 

Florida Atlantic University

 

 

SeaTech Facility

 

 

101 N. Beach Road 

 

 

Dania Beach, FL 33004

 

 

 

 

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 Questions, Comments, email: rfranks@oe.fau.edu