Marine Imaging Technologies

06/04/2026

This past weekend, Kingman Yacht CenterGood for you hosted its inaugural Touch-A-Boat event at the marina in Pocasset, bringing together the local community, marine professionals, and more than a dozen businesses and organizations from across the region.

Marine Imaging was invited to introduce its 64-foot aluminum catamaran, Precision, to attendees and industry colleagues through vessel tours and demonstrations. Unfortunately, weather conditions prevented the vessel from leaving her mooring for the event.

While Precision and her sister vessel, the 35-foot aluminum catamaran Catapult, were unable to participate as planned, Marine Imaging showcased several of its specialized survey and imaging technologies.

On display were a marine magnetometer, an underwater housing system for a DSLR camera, and Taz, the company's custom-built pe*******on ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle). Attendees also had the opportunity to learn about the UWIS positioning system, a GPS-based triangulation technology used in conjunction with SeaArray to accurately track underwater assets and operations.

"We were happy with the turnout," said Chris Gagne, General Manager of Kingman Yacht Center. "This was the first time hosting this program for the community. We welcomed more than 400 attendees and featured a dozen exhibits and representatives. Our intention is to grow this into an annual event."

Despite the weather challenges, the event provided an excellent opportunity for Marine Imaging to engage with the public, demonstrate its innovative technology, and connect with fellow members of the maritime community.












With Elizabeth Silver, Evan Kovacs, Josie Clapp, Gordon Steacy, David Ullman, Jesse Nemcombe, Courtney Atwood, Calvin Mires Maryann Morin

06/02/2026

It was a year ago this week that we finished enjoying the privilege of performing an archaeological survey off the 78’ R/V Northwind, built by All American Marine, Inc in Bellingham, Washington. Since that survey, Professional Mariner / American Ship Review awarded her “2025 Ship of the Year”.

And she rightly deserves the title.

Marine Imaging has always been an admirer of the All American Marine line of aluminum survey catamarans. Fortuitous timing and the winds of luck have allowed us to perform archaeological surveys from their vessels in all of the waters surrounding the United States: the 134’ “Sea Scout” in the Gulf of Mexico, the 73’ “Blue Manta” in Puerto Rico, the 48’ “Auk“ in our own backyard of Massachusetts Bay, and last year, the 78’ “Northwind” in northern California.

The stability and workspace afforded by a catamaran is what led us to purchasing our first catamaran in 2021, the 35’ “Catapult”, and then another purchase four years later, the 64’ “Precision” (originally christened “Trebuchet”). Catamarans are our ideal vessel for small ROV ops due to their combination of fast transit speeds and ample workspace.

A heartfelt thank you to all the catamaran captains we’ve worked with: Captains Bill and Snake in the Gulf; Captains Benny Bonet and Elman Montes in Puerto Rico; Captains Dave Slocum and Amy Melowski in the northeast; and Captain Jim Long in the Pacific.














With Evan Kovacs, Elizabeth Silver, Jesse Newcombe, Courtney Atwood, Gordon Steacy, David Ullman, Maryann Morin, Calvin Mires

https://www.allamericanmarine.com/cal-poly-ship-of-year/

05/08/2026

We are excited to introduce the newest member of the Marine Imaging team, Jesse Newcombe.

Jesse, a Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduate '19, is joining Marine Imaging as the Facilities and Vessels Manager.

He has an infectious enthusiasm and a “get-it-done” attitude that will lead him into being an integral part of the Marine Imaging team.

Welcome aboard, Jesse.















With David Ullman Evan Kovacs, Courtney Atwood, Elizabeth Silver, Calvin Mires, Maryann Morin, & Gordon Steacy

04/27/2026

Gates Underwater Products and Apple are developing a new underwater virtual reality camera system and our own Evan Kovacswas invited to Houston to train as an operator of the system.

The training took place at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston, Texas, in their 6,200,000 gallon pool. This pool is primarily used to train astronauts for space walks.

The core of this system is the Black Magic’s URSA VR camera which was developed for use with Apple’s Immersive Video Utility. Gates Underwater Products built the housing and dome.










With Elizabeth Silver David Ullman Maryann Morin

04/21/2026

As his internship comes to an end and he moves onto the next phase of his young life, we would like to acknowledge, thank, and encourage Zac Carvalho. Zac, it was truly our pleasure to train and work with you.

As part of his SCORE internship, Zac spent this past week as a technical intern at our facility in Bourne, MA. The first lesson of his aquatic internship was the necessity of adaptability. The original curriculum began with diving on local shipwrecks followed by working with archaeologists to build story maps of those shipwrecks, complete with QR codes. However, Mother Nature and Marine Imaging’s production schedule had other plans. Adapting the curriculum, Zac spent the week assisting with the set up, testing and programming of our Gates Raptor housing. The week also included lens testing for the Raptor and assisting on our newest and soon-to-be revealed 8K camera system.

While with us, Zac also spent a little time working on our newest vessel, Precision, and was able to end the week with some in-water photogrammetry training and testing at the WHOI well (thank you to Ed O’Brien). With his departure on Friday, due partially to his efforts, Zac was able to deliver our new 8K camera system to the talented Ryan Sheppard in Boston for final testing and integration into a recording architecture.

Zac possessed many qualities of an ideal intern; quiet professionalism, strong work ethic, and a proactive attitude. It is no surprise the he received an internship from the Boston Sea Rovers for the summer of 2026 where he will learn technical diving and practice his underwater photography skills - and hopefully join us for a few days of wreck filming to complete the original intention of his internship.

This fall, Zac will be attending University of Rhode Island to study marine engineering - and hopefully coming back to Marine Imaging next summer to put his new skills to work!

Zac, we wish you all the best and we’ll see you on the bottom.






With , Evan Kovacs, David Ullman, Elizabeth Silver, Maryann Morin

03/26/2026

Join renowned technical divers Richie Kohler, Katy Kuhls, and Marine Imaging’s own Evan Kovacs this Saturday at the Beneath The Sea Conference as they share insights and imagery from their explorations of HMHS Britannic.

HMHS (Her Majesty’s Hospital Ship) Britannic was the youngest sister ship in the ill-fated White Star Line Olympic Class ocean liner bloodline. Built in 1914, she was repurposed as a hospital ship in 1915. Her fate and final destination were sealed in November of 1916 when, while transiting past the Greek island of Kea, she struck a mine laid by the Imperial German Navy, suffering mortal damage and condemning her to a fate reminiscent of her older sibling, RMS Titanic.

Over the past decade, Kovacs and the Kohlers have led and executed multiple expeditions to Britannic, which rests in the Aegean Sea. Working with the knowledge and permission of the Greek government, the trio has assembled a team of world-class technical divers to examine and document both the exterior and interior of the wreck.

In partnership with Marine Imaging Technologies, these expeditions have collected extensive detailed datasets which will be used when generating advanced 3D digital models of the hull, superstructure, and select interior spaces.

“The goal is knowledge, and knowledge begins with exploration,” explains Kovacs. “Britannic is a largely an intact slice of history, rare and invaluable. Built in 1914 and sunk in 1916, everything aboard reflects state-of-the-art technology of that era. As the largest hospital ship of its time, and nearly identical to Titanic, our work on Britannic offers important insights into her famous sister ship.”

While Titanic continues to deteriorate, Britannic remains remarkably well preserved. Interior explorations reveal intact medical spaces, ceramic fixtures, portholes, sections of hospital wards, and personal artifacts—offering a rare glimpse into early 20th-century maritime and medical history.

These spaces and artifacts are revealed and archived through imagery captured by Kovacs and the dive team. As a privately owned and governmentally protected site, rare and historically valuable objects are protected from removal.

“Artifact recovery is always controversial,” noted Britannic veteran diver Katy Kohler. “But in saltwater environments, time is a mitigating factor. Artifacts are either responsibly recovered and preserved in museums, or they are eventually lost to corrosion and decay.”

Richie Kohler continued, “By recovering these priceless artifacts, we are able to share Britannic's unique story and inspire others to pursue the remarkable human stories hidden in shipwrecks.”

The team will be presenting this Saturday at Beneath the Sea at the Meadowlands Exposition Center at 1:30 PM.

Hope to see you there.








with Calvin Mires, David Ullman, Maryann Morin Elizabeth Silver

03/18/2026

This Sunday our own Dr. Calvin Mires is presenting at the Hull Lifesaving Museum in Hull, MA.
Please join us as Calvin discusses current research projects and his worldwide perspective on cultural resource management in coastal environments.

Discover and experience what is going on in See Plymouth: Presentation by Dr. Calvin Mires - Woods Hole Oceanogrphic Institute (Hull)

02/24/2026

The Aftermath 2026 at the office. We’re good for this year.

02/20/2026

02/10/2026

MV Precision, the 64’ aluminum catamaran formally known as “Sea Daddy“, and briefly known as “MV Trebuchet”, spent the last decade based in Fort Myers, Florida.

Then we bought her.

Within six months of her arrival in New England she’s breaking through iced over harbors and transiting through ice flows.
















With Evan Kovacs, David Ullman, Elizabeth Silver, Maryann Morin,