Keywords: R-V Sally Ride is currently underway conducting a series of science verification cruises. (31534416962).jpg PACIFIC OCEAN Dec 15 2016 The Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research AGOR vessel R/V Sally Ride is currently underway conducting a series of science verification cruises in order to test its installed systems and ensure its readiness for conducting future research missions Operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography under a charter lease agreement with the Office of Naval Research ONR Sally Ride has multi-beam bottom-mapping and ocean current profiling sonars advanced meteorological sensors and satellite data transmission systems the latest navigation and ship-positioning systems and a specially designed hull that improves sonar acoustic performance The Navy through ONR has been a leader in building and providing large ships for the nation ™s academic research fleet since World War II U S Navy photo by John F Williams/Released 161215-N-PO203-134 Join the conversation http //www navy mil/viewGallery asp www navy mil/viewGallery asp http //www facebook com/USNavy www facebook com/USNavy http //www twitter com/USNavy www twitter com/USNavy http //navylive dodlive mil navylive dodlive mil http //pinterest com pinterest com https //plus google com plus google com https //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/31534416962/ R/V Sally Ride is currently underway conducting a series of science verification cruises 2016-12-16 06 55 https //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official U S Navy Page from United States of America John Williams/Office of Naval Research Attribution License IPTC Caption-Abstract U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery https //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/31534416962 2016-12-16 19 15 23 cc-by-2 0 161215-N-PO203-134 Navy Files from the U S Navy Flickr stream Photographs taken on 2016-12-15 RV Sally Ride AGOR-28 Taken with Nikon D4S |