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Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Headquarters: United States
Founded: 1903
Employees: —

Official website

Photo: Scrippsnews at English Wikipedia · Public domain · file

Ships in this registry

Counted from individual vessel records · Wikidata

Reported fleet size

—

No published figure available

Container capacity

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Not a ranked container line

Gross tonnage on record

9,124

Summed over 4 ships reporting tonnage

In brief

What Scripps Institution of Oceanography is

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The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) is the school of oceanography and earth science at the University of California, San Diego. Its main campus is located in La Jolla, with additional facilities in Point Loma.
Founded in 1903 and incorporated into the University of California system in 1912, the institution has since broadened its research focus to encompass the physics, chemistry, geology, biology, and climate of the Earth. The institution awards the Nierenberg Prize annually to recognize researchers with exceptional contributions to science in public interest.

Corporate profile

Identity and registration

Legal name: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Industry: —
Legal form: —
Country of registration: United States
Headquarters: —
Formed in: —
Founded: 1903
Dissolved: —
Employees: —
Head office coordinates: —

Ships on record here: 4
Vessel types operated: 2
Flag states used: 2
Average vessel age: 32.3 years
Oldest vessel on record: 1969
Newest vessel on record: 2016
Largest vessel by tonnage: 3,180
Average tonnage: 2,281
Market share: —
Parent company: University of California, San Diego
Alliance: —
Record source: wikidata

Fleet on record

What this company sails

Composition of the 4 vessels this registry attributes to Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Bars are true proportions of that set, not of the company's full fleet.

By vessel type

By flag state

By shipbuilder

Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding1

Dakota Creek Industries1

Defoe Shipbuilding Company1

Higgins Industries1

Delivery history

10-year fleet record

Ships delivered in each of the last 10 years, counted from the recorded build year of vessels attributed to this company, with the running total of its fleet on record. No deliveries fall inside this window — this company’s vessels on record were all built earlier.

Year	Gross tonnage added	Fleet on record
2017	—	3
2018	—	3
2019	—	3
2020	—	3
2021	—	3
2022	—	3
2023	—	3
2024	—	3
2025	—	3
2026	—	3

Vessel records

Ships on record

4 vessels

Ship	IMO	Type	Flag	Built	Gross tonnage	Deadweight	Length	Builder
RV Roger Revelle	9075228	Research / survey	United States	1996	3,180	—	75.4 m	Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding
RV Sally Ride	9695171	Research / survey	United States	2016	2,641	1,472	67.3 m	Dakota Creek Industries
BRP Gregorio Velasquez	7738591	Research / survey	Philippines	1969	2,516	—	279.0 m	Defoe Shipbuilding Company
Alaskan Lady	7742358	Fishing vessel	United States	—	787	498	50.7 m	Higgins Industries

Ships in registry counts individual vessel records attributed to the company here. Reported fleet is the company’s published total. They measure different things and are shown separately on purpose.

In context

How Scripps Institution of Oceanography compares

Counts over companies and vessels actually held in this directory — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.

With 4 vessels attributed to it here, Scripps Institution of Oceanography is the 213th largest of the 965 operators in this directory that hold at least one ship on record, against a median of 2 across that group. That is a count of individually identified hulls, not the company’s published fleet size — the two are different measurements and both are shown above where available.

United States is the country of registration for 144 commercial operators in this directory, among which Scripps Institution of Oceanography ranks 19th by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 435 vessels here. 1 of them carry a published container-capacity ranking. See every operator registered in United States.

Founded in 1903, Scripps Institution of Oceanography is 123 years old. This directory holds 47 operators founded within five years either side of that date, whose median fleet on record is 1 ships. The median founding year across all commercial operators here is 1966, and the oldest on record dates to 1514.