Atlantis (ship, 1931)
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The research vessel Atlantis was operated from 1931 to 1966 by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution , Massachusetts . It was a 460 ton ketch equipped with two masts. The Atlantis was the first US ship to be used for oceanographic research . It was also the namesake for the space shuttle Atlantis .
Since 1966, the ketch served the Argentine Prefectura Naval Argentina as El Austral . Under the name of Dr. Bernardo Houssay , a replica of the El Austral was created and the original ship was scrapped.
literature
- Susan Schlee: On Almost Any Wind: The Saga of the Oceanographic Research Vessel "Atlantis" , 1978, Cornell University Press, ISBN 978-0801411601
Web links
Commons : Atlantis - collection of images, videos and audio files
- NASA: Description and flights of the Atlantis , contains in the introduction a treatise on the research ship
- As the research vessel Atlantis for namesake of the spaceship Atlantis was
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Atlantis
- Dates from El Austral
- Ship overhaul report (Spanish)
- Postcard with postage stamp of Dr. Bernardo Houssay
Footnotes
- ↑ Nuestromar - Dr. Bernardo Houssay. Retrieved February 10, 2010 (Spanish).