Global Explorer ROV
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Global Explorer ROV is a unique deep water remotely operated vehicle
that has made numerous dives below 9,000' on science and survey expeditions for National Geographic, NOAA and other important research organizations. It was designed and developed by Deep Sea Systems Inc.
In August, 2007, Global Explorer ROV was instrumental in locating the USS Grunion, which, with seventy men on board, disappeared during WWII and had been listed by the US Navy as "missing in action, cause unknown". The expedition to locate the submarine was financed and arranged by the family of the commander of the USS Grunion, Lt. Cmdr. Mannert L. Abele
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Remotely operated vehicle
A remotely operated vehicle is a tethered underwater vehicle. They are common in deepwater industries such as offshore hydrocarbon extraction. An ROV may sometimes be called a remotely operated underwater vehicle to distinguish it from remote control vehicles operating on land or in the air. ROVs...
that has made numerous dives below 9,000' on science and survey expeditions for National Geographic, NOAA and other important research organizations. It was designed and developed by Deep Sea Systems Inc.
In August, 2007, Global Explorer ROV was instrumental in locating the USS Grunion, which, with seventy men on board, disappeared during WWII and had been listed by the US Navy as "missing in action, cause unknown". The expedition to locate the submarine was financed and arranged by the family of the commander of the USS Grunion, Lt. Cmdr. Mannert L. Abele
Mannert L. Abele
Lieutenant Commander Mannert Lincoln Abele, USN was a World War II submarine commander who posthumously received the Navy Cross for his heroism in the Pacific Theater.-Biography:...
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