Title

Nova University's research vessel Gulf Stream

Photographer

Preview

Subject

Gulf Stream (Ship), Nova University Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center Collection, William Springer Richardson, William Ben Campbell, Jack L. Spornraft, James David Riddle, John Wayne Hill

Description

The Gulf Stream was lost at sea with all hands on board (crew of five) in January 1975. At the time of its disappearance, the ship was performing experiments off the coast of Maine. The crew consisted of the following five men: William Springer Richardson, Ph.D., age 51, director of oceanography; William Ben Campbell, age 49, in charge of vessel; Jack L. Spornraft, age 25, mate on vessel; James David Riddle, age 41, research technician; John Wayne Hill, age 28, assistant development engineer... Source p.2 "The mysterious disappearance of Nova University's research vessel Gulf Stream" written by Robert Bogorff and Bettie Jacobs.

Date Digital

11-15-2009

Date Original

1970

Format

Black and white photographic print

Digital Collection

Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center Collection

Repository

NSU Archives, Nova Southeastern University

Disciplines

Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

Rights

Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution of this digital object is not permitted without written permission of the Nova Southeastern University Archives.

Copyright

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Digitization Specifications

Scanned from a photographic print using a EPSON Perfection V700 Photo Scanner at 600 dpi in Tiff format and resized to JPEG 2000.

Digital ID

OCEa006.tif