An artist's rendition of the Mutiny on the EWING.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship ACTIVE as seen looking to the port quarter. This is the only known photograph of this vessel.

A CTD instrument ready for deployment.

Readying the A-frame for oceanographic operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL during a status and trends cruise in Charleston Harbor.

Deploying a CTD instrument from the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Deploying a CTD instrument from the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Deploying a CTD instrument from the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Deploying a CTD instrument from the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Deploying a CTD instrument from the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Deploying a CTD instrument from the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

Bottom sampling operations on the NOAA Ship FERREL.

A burial at sea off the JOHN N. COBB. A mariner returning to the sea he loved.

A burial at sea off the JOHN N. COBB. A mariner returning to the sea he loved.

A burial at sea off the JOHN N. COBB. A mariner returning to the sea he loved.

A burial at sea off the JOHN N. COBB. A mariner returning to the sea he loved.

A burial at sea off the JOHN N. COBB. A mariner returning to the sea he loved.

A burial at sea off the JOHN N. COBB. A mariner returning to the sea he loved.

A burial at sea off the JOHN N. COBB. A mariner returning to the sea he loved.

Science party from Aerosols cruise (RB-99-02) sailing on NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN from Norfolk, Virginia, to Capetown, South Africa. This was the beginning of the 1999 RONALD H. BROWN around the world cruise.

The first of many science talks presented on board the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN on the Aerosols cruise from Norfolk, Virginia, to Capetown, South Africa. This was at the beginning of the 1999 RONALD H. BROWN around the world cruise.

The RONALD H. BROWN pulling into Capetown, South Africa at the end of the Aerosols cruise. The flat mountain is Table Mountain, a famous South African landmark.

A view of part of Capetown, South Africa, from the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN.

Table Mountain with clouds forming on top . A local saying describes this effect as "Table Mountain with its cloud tablecloth."

A view of Male, capital of the Maldive Islands as seen from the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN.

Crewmembers Pat Quinanola, Matt Ofsthus, and Terry Gregg help tie up the RONALD H. BROWN in Male, capital of the Maldive Islands.

Crewmembers Lisa Glover,Pat Quinanola, Matt Ofsthus, and Terry Gregg help tie up the RONALD H. BROWN in Male, capital of the Maldive Islands.

Crewmember David Owen monitoring strain on lines while tying up the RONALD H. BROWN in Male, capital of the Maldive Islands.

Crewmembers Jonathan Shannahoff and Mike Conway help tie up the RONALD H. BROWN in Male, capital of the Maldive Islands.

Sunset in the Indian Ocean as seen from the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN.

Instrument intercomparison with the Indian R/V SAGAR KANYA during INDOEX (RB-99-02). The rigid-hull inflatable boat from the RONALD H. BROWN is tied up alongside the SAGAR KANYA.

A view of the Island of Nauru in the South Pacific during NAURU99 (RB-99-04) as seen from the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN.

A view of filling a bulk carrier ship with phosphate at the piers at Nauru as seen from the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN.

A NASA plane making atmospheric readings makes a low pass off the bow of the RONALD H. BROWN during NAURU99.

NAURU99 Chief Scientist and Lieutenant Mark Boland on the bridge of the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in the South Pacific.

A glorious sunrise in the South Pacific as the RONALD H. BROWN is steaming towards the East.

The RONALD H. BROWN meets up with the NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA south of Kwajalein Island in the equatorial Pacific during KWAJEX (RB-99-05). After months in tropical waters, the BROWN is in need of a little paint.

The thunderstorm dead ahead is being studied with the RONALD H. BROWN's Doppler Radar during storm dynamic studies in the equatorial Pacific during KWAJEX.