It does, however, possess many advanced capabilities including equipment to launch and retrieve buoys, take measurements, conduct seismic experiments as well as carry a variety of fishing equipment. The consensus of opinion among the professors on board was that it surpassed the old ship in all ways.
但是在這些上過「九連號」的教授眼裡，比起船齡已逾四十，原始設計不是為研究用的「九連號」，這艘完全為海上研究而設計的船，裝備新、空間利用佳、操縱靈活，真是越看越可愛。由性質來分，海洋科學屬於基礎科學的範圍。