What vessel made the first continuous profile across the ocean?

a. USS Stewart
b. HMS Challenger
c. Meteor
d. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter


ANS: A
The USS Stewart was the first vessel to make a continuous profile of the ocean. They had an updated
version of the "Iceberg Detector and Echo Depth Sounder," a device invented after the sinking of the
Titanic. Information can be found in the section Ocean Floor Is Mapped by Bathymetry.

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