Doc Ricketts
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MBARI's 4,000 m work-class science ROV, which has made more than 1,400 dives since 2009.
Doc Ricketts is the deep-diving remotely operated vehicle of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, named after the marine biologist Ed Ricketts. Since 2009 it has made well over a thousand dives to as deep as 4,000 m, filming deep-sea animals, collecting rocks and specimens, and placing instruments on the seafloor off California and beyond. The hydraulic work-class vehicle weighs nearly five tonnes and is flown by pilots aboard MBARI's flagship research ship. Its cameras have recorded many of MBARI's best-known deep-sea discoveries, including the octopus nursery on Davidson Seamount.
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Hydraulic work-class ROV rated to 4,000 m, about 10,500 lb (4.8 t) with a 75 shp power plant and roughly 550 kg vertical and 650 kg horizontal thrust. In service since 2009, with 1,461 dives logged by 2024. It worked from R/V Western Flyer until 2022 and is moving to the new R/V David Packard.
