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R/V KA IMIKAI-O-KANALOA is a general purpose Oceanographic Research Ship designed to operate in coastal and blue-water areas. She is configured to support the UH manned submarines (PISCES-V and PISCES-IV) and ROV operations.

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Deep Water Multibeam Sonar System

The SeaBeam 210 bathymetric mapping system is capable of acoustically charting the seafloor to full ocean depths (11 km). A near real-time contour plot of the current swath is produced. The digital data are recorded for post processing on the shipboard Silicon Graphics UNIX workstations.

ADCP RD

Instruments VM-150 kHz Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures profiles of water velocity relative to the ship with 8M vertical resolution from 180-450 meters.

CTD System

The Shipboard Tech Assistance Group (STAG) maintains a SeaBird CTD system that may be available for use on the KOK with advance scheduling. The KOK routinely carries a .322 winch consisting of ~8km, 3 conductor cable that is used with the CTD system or other small science packages.

SeaBird 9/11+ CTD, with SBE Temp, Cond, Oxygen

24 Place Rosette with 10Liter Bottles

Uncontaminated Sea Water

An uncontaminated seawater system is installed, with a thermosalinograph and a bench top fluorometer.

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