Survey vessel

An illustration depicting underwater mapping capability of USNU Bowditch (T-AGS 62)

A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for mapping. It is a type of research vessel.

Role

The task of survey vessels is to map the bottom, benthic zone, full water column, and surface for the purpose of:

• hydrography
• general oceanography
• marine habitats
• salvage
• dredging
• marine archaeology

Survey equipment

Typically, modern survey vessels are equipped with one or more of the following equipment:

• GPS positioning and logging
• single beam sonar
• multibeam sonar
• Side-scan sonar
• towed magnetometer
• subsurface profiler
• grab sampler
• bottom coring device
• DCHP
• CTD
• Inertial Measurement Unit

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