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MD RTMM SV Deployment 2025

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Pelican

Pelican

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium · USA

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PortPlanned routeMooring / vehicle

Planned route: 2 segments · ~25 hours steaming · 1 station

Operating area: US GoM, Approx. 120 nm S of Cocodrie, LA

Route: Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States → Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States

Jun 10 – Jun 13, 20253 days at seaactual: departed Jun 10, 2025, arrived Jun 13, 2025

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Project aboard

Redeploy compound mooring with 3 m surface buoy that was recovered in April 2025.

People aboard

  • Eric Aronchick · Principal investigator

Party size: 4

Estimated vacant berths: 12

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Crane
  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Navigation - Heading/Position
  • Meteorological Data
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range < 30m (e.g. 600kHz-1200kHz)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code WHG · MFP reference 25/5999 · synced Sep 24, 2026