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Reunion of Two Coastal Sisters

The coastal research vessels Tioga (left) and Gulf Challenger enjoyed a June 2007 reunion at the WHOI pier. Operated by the University of New Hampshire, Gulf Challenger was designed and built by the same team (Roger Long Marine Architecture and Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding) that built Tioga. The boats were designed as speedy but sturdy workshorses for marine research on the continental shelf from Maine to the Hudson River.
(Photo by Ian Hanley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)