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Research vessel handed over to Mexican Navy

The "Knorr" which had been used to discover the sunken "Titanic" in 1985 is sailing for service with the Mexican navy. The research vessel was owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and used by oceanographer Robert Ballard when he discovered the wreck of the "Titanic". She was decommissioned in 2014 after logging more than a million miles, the equivalent of two round-trips to the moon, in ocean explorations during the past four decades. The "Knorr" is being given to the Mexican navy and it will continue as a research vessel. The "Knorr" has since been replaced by the "Neil Armstrong", named for the Ohio astronaut who was the first man to walk on the moon.

After 1.3M Miles, End of an Era for Research Ship

A ship that sailed more than 1.3 million miles in the name of science is back at port for the last time. The research vessel Knorr is being decommissioned after more than 40 years as the workhorse of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research fleet. It docked for good Wednesday to fireworks and a cannon salute. The Cape Cod Times reports ( http://bit.ly/1BhFMGb ) that the crew placed handmade farewell signs on the sides of the ship. One banner read: "1,360,630 miles for science." Another said simply: "So long, old girl." The Knorr will be sold by the Navy, which owns it, and will be replaced next spring by a new $74 million research vessel, the Neil Armstrong.