MD RTMM SV Deployment 2026
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PortPlanned routeMooring / vehicle
Operating area: US GoM, Approx. 120 nm S of Cocodrie, LA
Route: Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States → Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States
Apr 29 – May 1, 20262 days at sea
Apr 2026
May
Pelican
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Blind Faith Water Sampling — US GoM, Approx. 130 nm SE of Cocodrie, LASilicon-Microbe 2025 — Gulf of Mexico Louisiana Shelf: inshore of the 50 m isobath and the western side of the Mississippi River delta to ~75 nautical miles west. Diameter ~100nm.MuST Puerto Rico UXO survey — Culebra, Puerto Rico and Panama City, FL
Project aboard
Redeploy compound mooring with 3 m surface buoy that was planned for recovery earlier in April 2026.
People aboard
- Eric Aronchick · Principal investigator
Party size: 4
Estimated vacant berths: 12
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
- Crane
- 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 25/6339 · synced Sep 24, 2026