Abstract
Two “new” ocean‐going research vessels operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will soon begin full‐time scientific duties off the coast of California and in the Antarctic, respectively. The 37.5‐m Scripps vessel, named Robert Gordon Sprout in honor of the ex‐president of the University of California, replaces the smaller ship Ellen B. Scripps, which had served the institution since 1965. The new ship is a slightly modified Gulf Coast workboat. Under the name of Midnight Alaskan, it had been used for high‐resolution geophysical surveys in American and Latin American waters by such firms as Arco Oil & Gas, Exxon, Pennzoil, and Racal‐Decca before its purchase by Scripps from a Lousiana chartering firm last summer.
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