University of Miami's R/V F.G. Walton Smith (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

University of Miami's R/V F.G. Walton Smith

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The University of Miami's state-of-the-art 96-foot catamaran, which is named for the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science's first dean, is being used to collect critical data from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulf of Mexico.

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Capt. Howard Gilley

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