MV Kellie Chouest
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MV Kellie Chouest is a Deep Submergence Elevator Support Ship operated under the Military Sealift Command
Military Sealift Command
The Military Sealift Command is a United States Navy organization that controls most of the replenishment and military transport ships of the Navy. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service became solely responsible for the Department of Defense's...
's Special Mission Ship Program and leased from Edison Chouest Offshore
Edison Chouest Offshore
Started as Edison Chouest Boat Rentals in 1960, the Edison Chouest Offshore family of companies is a marine transportation operation.Based in Galliano, Louisiana, ECO owns and operates a growing fleet of new generation offshore service vessels which support a vast majority of the U.S. Gulf...
. It is assigned to COMSUBDEVRON FIVE for deep water rescue, salvage and research missions.
The Kellie Chouest helped in the recovery operations of the stricken after a flooding and fire of the latter vessel.
In 2002, High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network
High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network
The High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network is a network research program, funded by the National Science Foundation. The program includes the creation, demonstration, and evaluation of a non-commercial, prototype, high-performance, wide-area, wireless network in its Southern...
researchers conducted an expedition to locate the SEALAB II/III habitat
SEALAB (United States Navy)
SEALAB I, II, and III were experimental underwater habitats developed by the United States Navy to prove the viability of saturation diving and humans living in isolation for extended periods of time...
located off the Scripps
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, is one of the oldest and largest centers for ocean and earth science research, graduate training, and public service in the world...
pier in La Jolla, California. Researchers utilized a Scorpio ROV
Scorpio ROV
The Scorpio [Submersible Craft for Ocean Repair, Position, Inspection and Observation] is a brand of underwater submersible Remotely Operated Vehicle manufactured by Perry Tritech used by subsea industries such as the oil industry for general operations, and also by the United States Navy and...
to find the site and were able to conduct a live multicast
Multicast
In computer networking, multicast is the delivery of a message or information to a group of destination computers simultaneously in a single transmission from the source creating copies automatically in other network elements, such as routers, only when the topology of the network requires...
from ship to shore. This expedition was the first return to the site since the habitat was moved.