EV Nautilus

History
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Name	Nautilus
Builder	Ps Werften Wolgast, East Germany
Laid down	1967
Renamed	30 July 2009
Homeport	Los Angeles, California
Identification	IMO number: 6711883 MMSI number: 376404000 Callsign: J8B3605
General characteristics
Class and type	Germanischer Lloyd 100 A5 E1
Tonnage	1,249 GT, 374 NT
Length	223 ft (68 m)
Beam	34.5 ft (10.5 m)
Installed power	1,472 kilowatts (1,974 hp)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	17 crew, 31 science/mission

EV Nautilus is a 68-meter (223 ft) research vessel owned by the Ocean Exploration Trust under the direction of Robert Ballard, the researcher known for finding the wreck of the Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck. The vessel's home port is at the AltaSea facility in San Pedro in the Port of Los Angeles, California. Nautilus is equipped with a team of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), Hercules, Argus, Little Hercules, and Atalanta, a multibeam mapping system, and mapping tools Diana and Echo, allowing it to conduct deep sea exploration of the ocean to a depth of 4,000 meters (13,000 ft).