ISBN: | 978-5-5125-2224-0 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The VideoRay is a micro underwater submersible remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The 8-pound ROV is operated from a suitcase sized control panel and provides crisp video footage to the user. VideoRay has several different units that are depth rated from 250 feet (76 m) up to 1,000 feet (300 m) and are utilized in a variety of underwater applications including; aquaculture fishery operations, forensics crime scene investigation, search rescue missions, homeland port security operations, recreational yachting, sportfishing underwater marine life observation, shipwreck treasure exploration, science, research and marine habitat mapping, inland dam inspection, offshore oil gas rig observation, and numerous other underwater observation applications. With available attachments like scanning and imaging sonars, port security and ship inspections are more efficient than ever before. Deep sea wrecks are easily located, filmed, and explored with positioning systems and manipulators. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New York Police Department (NYPD), Fugro, Port of Long Beach Harbor Patrol, and fourteen branches of the Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) of the United States Coast Guard are amongst the countless users of VideoRay ROV’s. Notable missions include under ice investigation in Antarctica, Cenote exploration in the Yucatan for Mayan artifacts, first ever penetration and observation of the USS Arizona that lies in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a search for the Loch Ness Monster, and countless other deep sea operations.