JMS is provided engineering and technical support to the Ocean Technology Foundation’s (OTF) to locate the remains of this historic naval warship Bonhomme Richard including the development of the team’s search area based on computer drift simulations. The first expedition to find the remains of John Paul Jones’ famous vessel was completed this summer. The…
The restoration plan realized its goal on June 23, 2006 by placing a V-notch in the tail flipper for the last of 1.248 million lobsters. A celebratory event was held in Providence, RI on Aug. 10, 2006 with Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri, Senator Jack Reed, federal officials from NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service…
The Ocean Technology Foundation (OTF) as part of the SEMAPP Project jointly conducted with Portuguese partners an archeological survey of the remains of Fort de São Lourenço in the sub-tidal waters near Olhão, Portugal. The Science, Education, Marine Archeology Program in Portugal (SEMAPP) been operating for more than a decade and the Ocean Technology Foundation…
The Ocean Technology Foundation and Naval Historical Center have been searching for the remains of the Bonhomme Richard, which sank in the western North Sea as a casualty of the American Revolution. A recent expedition to search for the remains of the BHR utilized the U.S. Navy’s nuclear research submarine, NR-1, to search nearly 400…
This past September, the Ocean Technology Foundation (OTF) partnered with the U.S. Navy, the British Royal Navy, and the French Navy, to conduct a 10-day search for the remains of the Revolutionary War ship BONHOMME RICHARD. They searched an area approximately 70 square miles, and located 35 sonar targets that were deemed worthy of further…
JMS’ support of the non-profit Ocean Technology Foundation’s quest for the Revolutionary War ship BONHOMME RICHARD (BHR) continued this year with its most complex and collaborative mission yet with generous corporate sponsorship from Resolve Marine Group. The French Navy provided substantial support to the North Sea search. A hydrographic ship equipped with side scan sonar…
