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- RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28) is a Neil Armstrong -class research vessel owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She was launched in 2014 and put into service in 2016.
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RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28) is a Neil Armstrong-class research vessel owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. [1] She was launched in 2014 and put into service in 2016. The ship was named for Sally Ride, the first US woman in space.
The ship was handed over for operation by Scripps Institution of Oceanography on July 1, 2016. Scripps is honored to continue Dr. Ride’s legacy aboard R/V Sally Ride, which will engage a generation of scientists in learning about our planet in order to protect it.
Owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, the 238-foot state-of-the-art ship is one of the most technologically advanced oceanographic research vessels in the world.
R/V Sally Ride was delivered to Scripps on July 1, 2016, following a four-year design/build process by shipbuilder Dakota Creek Industries and naval architect Guido Perla and Associates.
The R/V Sally Ride is America's newest oceanographic research ship, owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. The vessel is named in honor of the late Sally Ride, the first American woman in space as part of the Space Shuttle Challenger crew.
Dr. Sally K. Ride (1951-2012) was the first American woman to travel into space. She graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in physics and a B.A. in English, and then going on to achieve an M.S. and PhD in physics while applying for the NASA shuttle program.
When she blasted off aboard Challenger on June 18, 1983, Sally became the first American woman—and, at 32, the youngest American—in space. During the six days of mission STS-7, she deployed and retrieved a satellite with the robotic arm. The crew also performed a variety of scientific experiments.
