9-1. R/V KAIREI

R/V �gKAIREI�h is the exclusive mother ship for the 10,000m class remotely operated vehicle �gKAIKO" which entered service in 1995. In addition, R/V "KAIREI" is equipped with geophysical instruments such as a 120 channel seismic profiler. The major instruments installed in KAIREI are a multi-narrow beam batymetric mapping system (Sea Beam2112), and integrated sub-bottom profiler, gravity meter, proton magnetometer and three component magnetometer, and various kinds of sampling devices such as piston corer and dredge. There are several onboard laboratories for data recording, and data and sample analysis. These are the Research Room, Mission control & Computer Room, Wet laboratory (chemistry and biology), Dry laboratory (Geophysics), Gravimeter room, Kiako Operation�fs Center, Rocks and sediment laboratory, Library, Video Room and Personal computer Room. The ship also has an aft wheel house which overlooks the entire aft operations deck for the operation of the ship, winches, A-frame and cranes during station work such as dredge hauls, piston coring and sampling, launch and recovery operations.

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