earth science

RV Sally Ride

RV Sally Ride is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand RV Sally Ride rather than just read about it. In short: RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28) is a Neil Armstrong-class research vessel owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She was launched in 2014 and put into service in 2016.

Key takeaways

RV Sally Ride belongs to earth science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect RV Sally Ride to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of RV Sally Ride from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

RV Sally Ride (AGOR-28) is a Neil Armstrong-class research vessel owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She was launched in 2014 and put into service in 2016. The ship was named for Sally Ride, the first US woman in space. Her sister ship, the Neil Armstrong, is operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Construction Sally Ride is a commercially designed, monohull research vessel, capable of both coastal and deep ocean oceanography operations. She was constructed by Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington, the same builders that constructed the RV Neil Armstrong. She completed her sea trials on February 21, 2016 prior to passing the acceptance trials of the US Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey. The ship is equipped with cranes and winches for over-the-side loading of research equipment and supplies, as well as accommodations for twenty-four scientists. It is powered by a multi-drive, low-voltage, diesel electric propulsion system for efficiency and lower maintenance and fuel costs. Both Neil Armstrong-class ships have oceanographic equipment allowing deep ocean mapping and information technology for ship monitoring and worldwide land-based communication. The ship was christened by the U.S. Navy and Sally Ride's life partner Tam O'Shaughnessy in 2014.

Cruise history In 2018, Sally Ride was used to research sediment plumes associated with deep sea mining. Sailing 50 kilometers (25 nautical miles) off the coast of Southern California, the ship was used to develop special acoustic doppler sonar sensors to monitor sediments pumped out of a pipe and constrain models for ocean policy regarding polymetallic nodules in the Clarion–Clipperton fracture zone. Sally Ride commonly undertakes work with the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries (CalCOFI) program, and in 2020, fielded the first all-female science party. In summer 2024, Sally Ride undertook the 396th CalCOFI cruise – 75 years after the inception of the program. In 2021, an oceanographic high-resolution mapping survey on the Sally Ride found nearly 27,000 objects in the San Pedro Basin (between the coastline of Long Beach and Catalina Island). High resolution topographical data was provided by two autonomous underwater vehicles, REMUS 6000 and Bluefin. The ROV Jason visually confirmed these objects to be barrels, suspected to contain DDT possibly dumped between 1947 and 1961, though other sources suggest that the basin could have been a dumping ground until the implementation of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act in 1972.

See also RV Neil Armstrong – sister ship RV Knorr – predecessor to the Neil Armstrong RRS James Cook – British equivalent RRS Charles Darwin – predecessor to the James Cook

References

External links Comprehensive tour of interior on YouTube

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with RV Sally Ride

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what RV Sally Ride claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to RV Sally Ride before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about RV Sally Ride ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of RV Sally Ride

In research: RV Sally Ride appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses RV Sally Ride in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: RV Sally Ride is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2014 ships, IMO numbers, Neil Armstrong-class oceanographic research ships, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for RV Sally Ride outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study RV Sally Ride in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what RV Sally Ride means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain RV Sally Ride out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is RV Sally Ride in simple terms?

Why does RV Sally Ride matter?

Because it connects several earth science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study RV Sally Ride?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on RV Sally Ride.