Soviet R/V "Vityaz" (1949-1979), currently - the main exhibit of the Museum of the World Ocean in Kaliningrad

In 1949, the Institute received at its disposal the first research vessel "Vityaz" with a displacement of 5.7 thousand tons. It was a ship specially re-equipped for oceanological work, with the name of which is associated a series of scientific discoveries that glorified Russian science. At present "Vityaz" operates in Kaliningrad as a part of the Museum of the World Ocean.

The scientific fleet of the Institute, based in Kaliningrad, includes three large-tonnage vessels (with a displacement of more than 6 thousand tons) - "Academician Mstislav Keldysh", "Academician Sergei Vavilov" and "Academician Ioffe" and two medium-tonnage (over 1,000 tons) - "Academician Boris Petrov" and "Academician Nikolai Strakhov" more ...