During 1957 a  long thermistor chain with twenty-three thermistors at intervals of  and towing winch were installed on the ship. The sensor system had been designed to allow continuous collection of temperatures at depth, particularly useful in study of ocean acoustics. The ship collected data in the western Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Charleston, South Carolina and into the Sargasso Sea.
A chain of thermistors with twenty-three components spaced evenly apart and a towing winch were installed on the ship in 1957. This sensor system was designed to collect temperature data continuously at depth, which proved particularly useful for studying ocean acoustics. The ship traveled along the western Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Charleston, South Carolina, and into the Sargasso Sea, collecting valuable data.