Bon Voyage to Historic R/V Knorr Cape Cod said an emotional good-bye to an historic old friend on the misty Ides of March, 2016. The world famous Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, along with former crew members, Woods Hole residents, and well-wishers, bid farewell to the U.S. Navy owned research vessel, R/V Knorr, which set sail from Woods Hole for the last time, bound for Mexico. After 44 years of service, the legendary "global class" research ship was decommissioned in 2014, and gifted to the Mexican Navy in 2015. 16 Mar
Cape Cod said an emotional good-bye to an historic old friend on the misty Ides of March, 2016. The world famous Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, along with former crew members, Woods Hole residents, and well-wishers, bid farewell to the U.S. Navy owned research vessel, R/V Knorr, which set sail from Woods Hole for the last time, bound for Mexico. After 44 years of service, the legendary "global class" research ship was decommissioned in 2014, and gifted to the Mexican Navy in 2015.
Research Warrior - R/V Knorr Men have taken to the seas in ships for centuries. And for as long as they have done so, they have fallen in love with the vessels that have carried them upon the world’s oceans in both fair weather, and in ferocious tempests. Sailing on the ocean at any distance from shore presents dangers to human life. The sea will quickly and unemotionally claim the life of any sailor who fails to respect the power and stealthy peril she presents at all times. The ships that sailors have embarked on to 16 Feb
Men have taken to the seas in ships for centuries. And for as long as they have done so, they have fallen in love with the vessels that have carried them upon the world’s oceans in both fair weather, and in ferocious tempests. Sailing on the ocean at any distance from shore presents dangers to human life. The sea will quickly and unemotionally claim the life of any sailor who fails to respect the power and stealthy peril she presents at all times. The ships that sailors have embarked on to
