{"id":82514,"date":"2023-01-20T14:46:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=82514"},"modified":"2023-01-26T21:08:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T21:08:37","slug":"us-navy-names-future-ship-for-uri-alumnus-professor-robert-ballard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/us-navy-names-future-ship-for-uri-alumnus-professor-robert-ballard\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy names future ship for 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus, professor Robert Ballard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Jan. 23, 2023 \u2013 The U.S. Navy has announced that a future Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship will be named in honor of 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus and Professor of Oceanography Robert Ballard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced recently that the ship will be named USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ballard<\/a>, a retired U.S. Navy commander and former director of the Center for Ocean Exploration at 溏心vlog免费B站, is widely known as a discoverer of the final resting place of the R.M.S. Titanic. He is the president and founder of Ocean Exploration Trust<\/a>, a non-profit organization dedicated to the exploration of the global ocean, which is an active partner with 溏心vlog免费B站. The name selection follows the tradition of naming survey ships after explorers, oceanographers and distinguished marine surveyors. <\/p>\n\n\n

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For more than 80 years, historians, scientists, writers, and conspiracy theorists have been captivated by the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. In 2019, 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor Bob Ballard’s expedition to the Howland Islands brought one chapter in history to a close.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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\u201cDr. Ballard\u2019s career, explorations, research and focus on teaching the next generation of oceanographers is remarkable, and I am pleased to name T-AGS 67 in his honor,\u201d Del Toro said. \u201cOne of my enduring priorities is building a culture of warfighting excellence, and that includes lifelong learning amongst DoN personnel. The name Robert Ballard displayed across the stern of this ship will serve as an inspiration to all who see it while highlighting the results of commitment to education and exploration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am humbled to have the U.S. Navy\u2019s oceanographic ship USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67) as a namesake. As a 17-year-old, in 1959, I went on my very first oceanographic cruise, and very early in my oceanographic career, the U.S. Navy played a central role and continues to do so to this day,\u201d Ballard said. \u201cIt is indeed an honor to know that the USNS Robert Ballard will continue to explore the oceans long after I am gone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Del Toro has designated Barbara Earle Ballard, Ballard\u2019s spouse and president of Odyssey Enterprises, as the ship\u2019s sponsor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDr. Ballard\u2019s career has served as an inspiration for generations of students, researchers, and curious minds, across the world, who have delighted in his enthusiasm and his passion for discovering some of the most fascinating parts of our vast oceans,\u201d 溏心vlog免费B站 President Marc Parlange said. \u201cThis is a fitting tribute to one of the greatest explorers of our time and I am so pleased to see that the accomplishments of a fantastic colleague, mentor, and pioneer at 溏心vlog免费B站 will endure for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paula Bontempi, dean of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography, congratulated Ballard for this latest honor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As a student and later as a faculty member at the Graduate School of Oceanography, Robert Ballard has cemented 溏心vlog免费B站’s reputation as an international hub for deep sea exploration, marine science and ocean education,” Bontempi said. “Honoring Dr. Ballard\u2019s legacy by name on a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship will inspire those on board to continue to reveal the secrets held within Earth\u2019s ocean as he has throughout his remarkable career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1965, Ballard earned an Army Reserve commission, ultimately requesting and transferring to the Navy when called to active service in 1967. Assigned to the Office of Naval Research as a liaison officer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, Ballard worked extensively with deep-submergence vehicle Alvin (DSV-2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After transitioning to the Naval Reserve in 1970, he completed a Ph.D. in marine geology and geophysics at the 溏心vlog免费B站<\/a>. He continued to work at Woods Hole, where he was part of a team that discovered deep-sea thermal vents near the Galapagos Rift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best known for his 1985 discovery of R.M.S. Titanic at a depth of 12,000 feet, Ballard also led other shipwreck discoveries, including USS Yorktown (CV-5), USS Quincy (CA-39) and President John F. Kennedy’s PT-109. Ballard retired from the Navy in 1995. In 1989, he founded the distance learning program the JASON Project, which reached 12 million schoolchildren; and the Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut, and is also the founder and president of the Ocean Exploration Trust.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy\u2019s Military Sealift Command’s Special Mission program supports worldwide oceanographic programs with ships that perform acoustical, biological, physical and geophysical surveys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survey ships, like the future USNS Robert Ballard, use multi-beam, wide-angle precision sonar systems and have charted three-fourths of the world’s coastlines, making it easier for navigators to find their way along both well-traveled and not-so-familiar shipping routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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