Image and Video Gallery: The Search for SS Norlindo: NOAA Ocean Exploration

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This page contains photos associated with the The Search for Norlindo expedition. Click on any image to view a larger version and for additional information.

AUV Eagle Ray on the Back Deck of Research Vessel Point Sur

During the January-February search, the team will once again deploy Eagle Ray to collect bathymetry and backscatter data to identify potential targets.

Darrielle Williams

Darrielle Williams, an intern in the Tuskegee University Ocean Exploration Internship Program, on the deck of Research Vessel Point Sur during the August 2021 expedition to search for SS Norlindo.

Left to right, Melanie Damour, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Marine Archaeologist, co-chief scientist, Leila Hamdan with the University of Southern Mississippi, and University of Southern Mississippi doctoral student, Rachel Mugge standing on the back deck of Research Vessel Point Sur, recovering the Klein System 4000 side-scan sonar during the August 2021 expedition. The Search for SS Norlindo expedition team has striven to be diverse, welcoming, and inclusive and has placed emphasis on empowering the next generation of scientists with oceanographic leadership and communication skills.

Melanie Damour, Leila Hamdan, and Rachel Mugge Recovering the Side-scan Sonar

The Search for SS Norlindo expedition team has striven to be diverse, welcoming, and inclusive and has placed emphasis on empowering the next generation of scientists with oceanographic leadership and communication skills.

AUV Eagle Ray

Eagle Ray ready to be deployed from the deck of NOAA Ship Nancy Foster and on the water before the immersion.

Deployed Eagle Ray

Deployed Eagle Ray.

MBES

MBES data can be seen in multiple fashions such as: cloud points from different views (upper and lower left panels); color coded surface (upper right) and backscatter imagery (lower right). The example refers to a shipwreck found by the Eagle Ray during an exploratory mission at Viosca Knoll 821.

Global Explorer ROV

Global Explorer ROV being recovered after a shipwreck investigation in 2014. A seven-function manipulator arm, Jason-style push cores and still and video cameras support discovery.

Freighter Norlindo

Sediment coring around shipwreck site #15711 during the Microbial Stowaways expedition, supported by NOAA Ocean Exploration, in July 2019.

Crab Inspects Coring

A crab stops by to inspect coring operations around shipwreck site #15470 in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Freighter Norlindo

Photo of the freighter Norlindo (previously named Lake Glaucus and Volusia).

S.S. Kamchatka

Photo of S.S. Kamchatka (built in 1919 originally as Lake Elrio) exhibiting a nearly identical hull design (Great Lakes Engineering Type, Design #1074 as contracted to the U.S. Shipping Board) to that of Norlindo (built in 1920 originally as Lake Glaucus then Volusia).

Possible Norlindo Location

Possible Norlindo location.

Eagle Ray Video

August 22, 2021: Time-lapse video of the autonomous underwater vehicle Eagle Ray being deployed.

August 24, 2021

Contributing to the acquisition and processing of side scan-sonar imagery.

Calibration Mooring

Darrielle Williams (center) prepares to pull the release pin for the ultra-short baseline (USBL) calibration mooring.

Expedition Team

Expedition team prepares to embark on the expedition aboard Research Vessel Point Sur.

Working Together

Working together to coordinate sonar operations.

Potential Location

Map of the potential location of the SS Norlindo.

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