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The ship, H.M.S. Lighting, discovers sea life at a depth of 14,400 feet by using dredging equipment. This was the first sign of life at ocean depths. (Scientific Research)
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Louis Agassiz carries out marine studies from the East to the West coast. He studies the first pieces of coral in Florida. (Scientific Research)
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U.S Fisheries commission steamer, Albatross, is the first ship built to serve as an oceanographic research vessel. (Navigation/Scientific Research)
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The sinking of the Titanic led to a push towards an acoustic device to find objects ahead of the vessel. (Scientific Research)
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Reginald Fessenden used an oscillator to bounce a signal off an iceberg and the seafloor. This was the first acoustic exploration of the seas using an oscillator. (Scientific Research)
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A demand breathing regulator engineered by Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan. (Invention)
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The British ship, HMS Challenger, bounces sound waves off the ocean bottom and finds a depth of 35,856 feet. Located off the coast of the Mariana's Islands in the Pacific Ocean. (Navigation)
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First performed by the French research submersible FNRS-3. It was piloted by George Houot and Pierre Willn off the coast of West Africa. (Navigation)
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The U.S. Navy towed the first marine magnetometer on the seafloor off the west coast. They discovered magnetic striping on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. (Military)
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The Scripps Institution of Oceanography begins the development of the Deep Tow System to allow remotely operated unmanned Oceanographic systems. (Scientific Research)
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An underwater habitat that was lowered off the coast of California. (Scientific Research)
