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DWS 1

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Kilo Moana

Kilo Moana

University of Hawaii · USA

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Operating area: abyssal plain at depths > 4000 m

›2 legs· Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States → Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States
  1. 1Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States→Honolulu (Hawaii) - United StatesDec 15 – Dec 17, 2023 · 2 d
  2. 2Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States→Honolulu (Hawaii) - United StatesDec 18 – Dec 22, 2023 · 4 d

Dec 15 – Dec 22, 20237 days at seaactual: departed Dec 15, 2023, arrived Dec 22, 2023

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Projects aboard (3)

DWS 1

Deep water instrument tests and experiments.


People aboard

DWS 1

  • Jeff Book · Principal investigator

Lu'ukai Maintenance

  • Anita Lopez · Principal investigator

Kona ecosystem

  • Jeff Drazen · Principal investigator

Party size: 12

Estimated vacant berths: 17

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Dynamic Positioning (DP)
  • Dynamic Positioning (DP)
  • Overboarding Cable - Fiber Optic
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Crane
  • Dynamic Positioning (DP)
  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Navigation - Heading/Position
  • Echosounder, 12kHz
  • Echosounder, 3.5kHz CHIRP
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 1000m-1200m (e.g. 38kHz)

Pooled / portable

  • Other ROV
  • Other ROV
  • Other ROV
  • CTD
  • Winch Pool Portable Winch

Science party brings

  • Science-provided vans

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code KM23-20-A · MFP references 21/1259, 23/3935, 23/3381 · synced Sep 30, 2026