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news Last month All American Marine, Inc. (AAM) delivered an innovative research vessel, the Sea Scout, to C & C Technologies, Inc. of Lafayette, La. The 134 x 37-ft. aluminum vessel is unique in that the builder believes it to be the first catamaran featuringquad propeller propulsion. C & C typically operates steel monohull ves- sels, but according to the builder commissioning a high performance catamaran design made sense foraccomplishing C & Cs diverse multi-mission requirements. In par- ticular, the catamaran design offers enhanced seakeeping ability, allowing the survey team to operate in all kinds of weather. With this boat, we will be able to do more work in rougher seas,? said Sea Scouts Captain, Jeramie Rivette of C & C Technologies. Thats really impor- tant in survey work where pitch, roll and heave will often stop you from getting good data.? The vessel is cer- tified under ABS international loadline standards and contains a certifi- cate of inspection under USCG sub-chapter T? regulations. Sea Scout was built to be SOLAS compliant and may be deployed internationally in the future. The wide and open aft deck is reconfigurable and was rein- forced to accommodate an equip- ment load of more than 80,000 lbs., inclusive of two 20-ft. van containers that are used for AUV operations. The 01 deck encompasses the sur-vey lab, server room, and data pro- cessing office. The pilot house pro- vides 360 degree visibility, while maintaining a profile with low wind resistance. Sea Scouts decks are complemented with a 14,000 lbs.stern A-frame, a 10,000 lbs. side A-frame, 16-ft. Zodiac skiff, 5-ton hydraulic crane, and various mechan- ical and scientific winches. It carries a Kongsberg High Precision Acoustic Positioning system (HiPAP) for 3D tracking of underwater objects, a Kongsberg Hugin AUV, and has two transducer pods integrated into thehulls. The main deployable sonar strut is located aft of the superstruc- ture and deploys through a large moon pool located on centerline. 8MTRApril 2012AAM Delivers Quad Prop Cat Research Vessel Dakota Creek Wins Bid to Build Scripps' New RV The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced the shipyard responsible for constructing the next chapter in oceanexploration for Scripps Institution ofOceanography at UC San Diego. The newresearch vessel will be owned by ONR for the Department of the Navy and operated by Scripps under charter party agree- ment. Dakota Creek Industries Inc. (DCI) of Anacortes, Wash., will build AGOR 28, a new Ocean Class? research vessel that will advance Scripps pursuits of the plan-ets most vital environmental and scientific challenges. Specifically designed to oper-ate globally, this vessel will support both U.S. Navy and national oceanographicresearch objectives. National security research objectives include exploring sci- ence and technology in the areas of oceanographic and meteorological obser- vations, modeling and prediction in the battlespace environment; submarine detection and classification; and mine war-fare applications for detecting and neutral- izing mines in both the ocean and littoralenvironment. Tritech Technology for Nautilus Tritech supplied Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) with Gemini Multibeam Imaging andProfiling sonars for installation on 3 SMD vehicles, built for the Nautilus MineralsSolwara 1 Project. The titanium multi- beam sonar package is based on Tritechs Gemini multibeam technology and, togeth-er with supplied surface processing units, will offer profiling and imaging capabilities in the worlds first deep-water mineral exploration project. In addition to the sen- sory equipment supplied, Tritech has con- figured a Subsea Visualization System for SMD; a modular-based software package for the processing and display of the real- time captured external sensor data and sonar imagery in an Augmented Reality(AR) view. The visualization system will be used in conjunction with SMD SubseaProduction Tools for the recovery of Seafloor Massive Sulfides in this project. Ian Parnaby, Principal Engineer, SMD com- ments: Our confidence in Tritechs sub- sea technology meant we were able to approach them with specific requirements for the Nautilus Minerals project.? Captain Jeramie Rivette at the helmof the Sea Scout.