March 2015

New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus 2014 Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Field Season

General

DEPTH CaPaBILITY | 6,000 meters (19,685 feet),

currently limited to 4,000 meters

CaBLE | 4,000 meters, 0.681 electro-optical,

3x #11 conductors, 3x SM fibers

SIZE | 3.8 meters long × 1.2 meters wide × 1.3 meters high

WEIGHT | 1,800 kilograms (4,000 pounds)

MaXIMUM TRaNSIT SPEED | 2 knots

aSCENT/DESCENT RaTE | 30 meters/minute

(98.4 feet/minute)

PROPULSION | Two Deep Sea Systems International 404

brushless DC thrusters for heading control

Imaging & Lighting

CaMERaS |

• One Insite Pacific Zeus Plus high definition camera with

Ikegami HDL-45A tilt head with Fujinon HA 10×5.2

lens -1080i SMPTE 292M output format – 2 MP still

image capable

• Three Insite Pacific standard definition mini utility

cameras (fixed mounted) 480 line NTSC format

• One Insite Pacific low-light “fish-eye,” downward-looking

standard definition camera (fixed mounted)

LIGHTING |

• Two Deep Sea Power & Light 1,200 Watt HMI,

100,000 lumens each

• Two Deep Sea Power & Light 400 Watt HMI

• Two Deep Sea Power & Light 250 Watt Incandescent

Vehicle Sensors & Navigation

USBL NaVIGaTION | TrackLink 5000 system,

acoustically triggered

PRIMaRY HEaDING | Crossbow high resolution magnetic

motion and attitude sensor

SECONDaRY HEaDING | TCM2 solid state

fluxgate compass

PRESSURE SENSOR | Paroscientific Digiquartz 8CB series

aLTIMETER | Benthos PSA-916

FORWaRD-LOOKING SONaR | Mesotech 1071, 675 kHz,

100 meters range

SIDE-SCaN SONaR | EdgeTech 4200 MP

SUBBOTTOM PROFILING SONaR | TriTech SeaKing

Parametric Subbottom Profiler (10–30 kHz)

Scientific Instrument Support

POWER | 110 V 60 Hz AC, 24 VDC, 12 VDC,

5 VDC power options

DIGITaL DaTa CHaNNELS | Three RS-232,

one 100base-T Ethernet

Remotely Operated Vehicle Argus

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