Wreck of WWII-era Cargo Ship Found in the Great Lakes
The wreck of a World War II-era freighter has been discovered in over 600 feet of water around 35 miles north of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.Over the last 7 years, shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain has been studying remote sensing data in the search for shipwrecks in Lake Superior. After coming across a particularly deep anomaly, he reached out to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) for help in identifying the potential wreck. In 2023 GLSHS Director of Marine Operations, Darryl Ertel, Fountain and crew of the R/V David Boyd, towed a Marine Sonic Technology side-scan sonar over
Carderock Hosts International Submarine Race
County Career and Technology Center - Moby DickSanborn Regional High School - NautilusGdansk University of Technology - Nautilus 2Ecole De Technologie Superieure - OMER 12University of Washington - OrcaKids into Discovering Science - PropulsionUniversity of Victoria - SockeyeUniversity of Michigan - StingrayTexas A&M University - The Maroon MarauderSussex County Technical School - Umptysquatch
Discovery: Historic Shipwreck Found in Lake Huron
Researchers from NOAA, the state of Michigan, and Ocean Exploration Trust discovered an intact shipwreck resting hundreds of feet below the surface of Lake Huron. Located within NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the shipwreck has been identified as the sailing ship Ironton. Well preserved by the cold freshwater of the Great Lakes for over a century, the 191-ft. Ironton rests upright with its three masts still standing."Using this cutting-edge technology, we have not only located a pristine shipwreck lost for over a century, we are also learning more about one of our nation's
Kongsberg Maritime Launches ScanFuse Powered by Qii.AI
takes inputs from other imaging technologies above the waterline such as high-resolution geo-referenced photographic images, LIDAR point clouds, FLIR data, and thermal images, to create 3-D digital twins of an asset above and below the waterline.Kongsberg also said it has partnered with Northwestern Michigan College and their infrastructure inspection micro credential. ScanFuse image generation is a part of this program. This micro credential is targeted to civil engineers who are responsible for inspecting and assessing marine infrastructure below the waterline
New Under-ice Observing Capabilities Could Lead to New Discoveries in the Great Lakes
NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) are already thinking about the ice that will form on the lakes this winter.This year, NOAA GLERL and a team of federal, university, and industry partners are conducting test deployments of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in Lake Michigan, with the ultimate goal of using it under lake ice during winter to collect ecological and water quality data. Observations of winter ecology are difficult to obtain compared to observations in the ice-free season, when most fieldwork takes place – which makes this hunt for winter data especially
Silver Ships Delivers Survey Vessel to US Army Corps of Engineers
our engineering teams have designed and built significant boats like Tobin over many years. High-performance power installations are always fun puzzles to solve with talented companies like the Silver Ships team.”Tobin operates with enhanced features such as the MGX5136RV Twin Disc marine gears, Michigan Wheel propellers, Furuno navigation and communication systems, Delta ‘T’ Systems engine room ventilation, Arid Bilge Series 4 system and Ayres paneling.With speeds that reach 28 knots, the surveying vessel allows researchers to acquire data quickly and prevent inconsistencies caused
Research Buoys Deployed in Lake Michigan
Three research buoys have been placed in Lake Michigan for their first full season of data collection, plus a video feed of the lake’s surface.In an NMC-Michigan Technological University collaboration, the buoys were first placed last fall near North Manitou Island in Lake Michigan, near Greilickville in West Bay, and near East Bay Park in East Bay, the first ever on the east arm. Data collected will include water temperature at multiple depths, wind speed and direction and wave height and direction.“We have never had any measurements in East Grand Traverse Bay previously, and having three
Teledyne Marine to Host First In-Person Tech Workshop since 2019
Teledyne Marine will host its first in-person workshop since 2019. This two-day event, branded as their “Teledyne Marine Workshop – Tech on the Lakes”, will take place on September 27-28, 2022 and will be co-hosted by Northwestern Michigan College's Marine Center, located in Traverse City on Lake Michigan.Teledyne Marine’s topic crew will provide technical and application training, as well as on-water demonstrations of an array of products from their vehicles, instruments, and imaging groups. Particular focus will be paid to inland water applications; however, presentations
VIDEO: BOEM, NOAA Use Drones to Tag Endangered Whales
Marine Sanctuary.Wiley has used various suction cup-based, computer-equipped tags to study the underwater behavior of whales for almost 30 years, BOEM said.BOEM’s endangered large whale study is a collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Syracuse University, University of Michigan, Ocean Alliance, and Blue World Research Institute. OceanX funded the development of the Ocean Alliance UAV-based tag deployment system. Additional funding was provided by the Volgenau Foundation and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. Funding for Ocean Alliance was provided by the Pamela
February 2024
