Argo (ROV)

Argo (ROV)

"Argo" is an unmanned deep-towed undersea video camera sled developed by Dr. Robert Ballard through Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's Deep Submergence Laboratory. "Argo" is most famous for its role in the 1985 discovery of the wreck of the RMS "Titanic". "Argo" was also used in the discovery of the wreck of the German battleship "Bismarck".

See also

* Acoustically Navigated Geological Underwater Survey (ANGUS)

External links

* [http://www.whoi.edu/home/about/titanic_85discovery_ships.html Information about Argo]


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