Minesniper is a remotely controlled submersible vehicle which is 2m long and weighs about 30 kg.
Farmers are now suffering by having to use costly submersible pumps and replacing existing centrifugal pumps.
The project, which began two years ago uses everything from advanced computer programmes to submersible probes in the Atlantic to determine likely long term climate change.
She and her colleagues have also studied hydrates at Blake Ridge off the South Carolina coast during normal oceanographic cruises, deep sea drilling legs, and submersible dives.
All extra fittings were bought in Arusha, a hundred kilometres away, including cable and piping - a lot of which was needed to operate the submersible pumps, because of the great depth.
The system has two sonars fitted in a small pod-shaped submersible vessel which is towed by the ship.
But even more importantly, these pumps dramatically outperform typical submersible pumps, cutting electrical costs two to three times.
Do you scrub down every work surface every day, and use a sanitizer solution on every submersible part?
Due to their low submerged speed, most submarines operated as temporarily submersible torpedo boats, largely sailing and often attacking while surfaced.
A 3,000-meter rowing course with submersible lane markers is laid out on the Lower Otay Lake to accommodate athletes training in sweeps and sculls.