The HENRY B. BIGELOW is equipped with an electronics shop, a machine shop, and a boatswains’ shop. Each shop is supported with qualified personnel and is able to complete repairs to, and on occasion modify, scientific sampling equipment at sea. This capability has enabled adapting specialized equipment and fabricating damage parts to ensure project completion. In addition to support shops, the HENRY B. BIGELOW has a total of seven laboratory spaces that can be utilized by scientific personnel. Any anticipated needs should be discussed with the Command prior to a cruise.

All working deck and laboratory areas are equipped with flush deck sockets to mount transient equipment. Each laboratory is also fitted with a Unistrut mounting system for easy reconfiguration in response to changing mission needs.

Fish/Wet Lab Equipment

• 4 Fisheries Scientific Computer System (FSCS) work stations
• 5 conveyer belt fed fish sorting stations
• Remote PC hook-ups
• Ship’s pneumatic air service
• Master clock display
• Fume hood
• Chemical storage locker
• Scientific Uncontaminated Seawater line
• Freshwater hook-ups and sink
• Ship’s wireless network
• 2 ship's service pneumatic air fittings

Chemical Lab Equipment/Chem. Alcove

• Remote PC hook-ups
• Ship’s pneumatic air service
• Scientific Uncontaminated Seawater line
• Freshwater Sink
• Emergency eyewash station
• Chemical storage locker
• Remote SCS station
• Ultra-low Freezer (-80 deg C)
• Scientific Cooler
• 2 Fume hoods
• Ice machine
• Ship’s wireless network
• Master clock display

 Dry Lab Equipment

• Satlanic FIRe fluorometer work station
• Remote PC hook-ups
• Emergency eye wash station
• Thermosalinograph work station
• Master clock display
• Scientific Uncontaminated Seawater line
• Ship’s wireless network
• Nobeltec Navigation work station
• Remote SCS work station
• Chemical storage locker
• Sea Bird CTD and Sea Cat work station
• Master clock display

Acoustics/Computer Lab Equipment

• Henry B. Bigelow network domain server
• ArcGIS 9 and AutoCAD work stations
• Scientific Computer System (SCS) server
• Remote SCS work station
• Hp 1500 color printer
• Sharp Color copier/printer
• Fisheries Scientific Computer System (FSCS) server
• Simrad EK-60 multibeam fish-finder work station
• Simrad ME-70 multibeam work station
• 9 PC work stations
• RD Instruments Ocean Surveyor Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler work station
• Applanix Position and Orientation System for Marine Vessels
• Remote PC hook-ups
• Ship’s wireless network
• Leica MX-420 DGPS receiver
• HP Design Jet 500 Plotter
• Master clock display

Hydrographic Lab

• Remote PC hook-ups
• Ship’s pneumatic air service
• Scientific Uncontaminated Seawater line
• Freshwater Sink
• Emergency eyewash station
• Chemical storage locker
• Remote SCS station
• Ultra-low Freezer (-80 deg C)
• Scientific Cooler
• 2 Fume hoods
• Ice machine
• Ship’s wireless network
• Master clock display

Side Sampling Station

• Remote PC hook-up
• Ship’s pneumatic air service
• Freshwater hook-up
• Scientific Uncontaminated Seawater line
• Spill kit

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