Vessel Profile

Ventana

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Story

This submarine, research (rov) was built in 1988 by International Submarine Engineering Ltd. Hysubs in Port Moody, BC.

Historical Notes

This vessel achieved great success in work off the US Pacific coast. It conducts geology, benthic biology and midwater ecology in the Monterey Submarine Canyon.

Owners & Masters

In 1988-2025 she was owned by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Monterey CA USA.

References

Robison, Bruce H. (2002) Subnersibles in oceanographic Research n Oceanographic History The Pacific and Beyond (Ed. K.R. Benson and P.H. Rehbock) Seattle: University of Washington Press

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