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Technical research ship

A technical research ship is a really big boat that is designed to go out into the ocean and do all sorts of scientific experiments and research. Think of it like a giant floating lab! Scientists use this ship to study things like the water temperature, the fish that live in the ocean, and even the ocean floor.

The ship is equipped with all sorts of cool tools and gadgets, like special cameras that can take pictures of things underwater, sensors that can measure different aspects of the water, and even robots that can go down really deep and collect samples.

All the people who work on the ship are really smart researchers who want to learn more about the ocean and what lives in it. They work very hard to collect all their data and then they bring it back to other scientists on land who can analyze it and hopefully learn something new that will help us take better care of the ocean and everything that lives in it.
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