Weekly Hydro Ship Activity Report - October 03 through October 09, 2021

NOAA's National Ocean Service sent this bulletin at 10/12/2021 04:34 PM EDT

For the Week of October 03, 2021

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Weekly Hydro Ship Activity Report

Welcome to NOAA's Weekly Hydrographic Ship Activity Report! We hope you enjoy this reader-friendly layout for our weekly report as we update you on the progress of our NOAA-ship and contractor-run surveys. Please continue to direct your correspondences to progress.sketches@noaa.gov. 

Highlights of this edition

  • NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler completed her field season by wrapping up acquisition on project OPR-C319-FH-21 Approaches to New York.
  • NOAA Ship Fairweather commenced acquisition on OPR-L397-FA-21 Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, CA.
  • Leidos demobilizes and concludes OPR-K380-KR-21 Port Freeport & Approaches, TX. 

NOAA Ships

Ferdinand R. Hassler

OPR-C319-FH-21 Approaches to New York

Recap
  • NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler has completed field acquisition on project OPR-C319-FH-21.
  • All mainscheme acquisition, holidays, crosslines, features, and bottom samples have been collected for H13474, H13475, H13476, H13477, H13479, and H13480.
NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler, Photo courtesy of NOAA
  • H13478, is completed with 98% mainscheme acquisition, holidays, crosslinenes, features, and bottom samples collected.

Looking Forward

  • NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler begins crew rest and shelter-in-place period alongside MOC-A.

THOMAS JEFFERSON 

Recap
  • NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson was completed her survey season.
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson, Photo courtesy of NOAA
Looking Forward
  • alongside in Norfolk - double check 

FAIRWEATHER 

OPR-L397-FA-21 Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, CA

Recap
  • Commenced acquisition on OPR-P397-FA-21, on sheets F00844, H13552, H13553, and H13554.
  • Completed sheets H13552 and H13554.
NOAA Ship Fairweather, Photo courtesy of NOAA
  • Transferred injured pelican to Santa Barbara Animal Rescue.

Looking Forward

  • Continuing acquisition on OPR-P397-FA-21, then transit to inport in Alameda, CA on 16OCT2021.

RAINIER

Recap
  • NOAA Ship Rainier completed her survey season.
NOAA Ship Rainier, Photo courtesy of NOAA
Looking Forward
  •  Rainier is alongside in Newport, OR.

Contracted Vessels

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OPR-J315-KR-21 Pascagoula, MS

Recap
  • RV Broughton acquisition in survey area H13489.
  • SV Blake fill and investigation acquisition in survey areas H13487, H13488, H13489, and H13490
  • Broughton delay time for mechanical issues.
Looking Forward
  • RV Broughton relocating to Pascagoula for fill and investigation acquisition in survey area H13487.
  • SV Blake acquiring bottom samples.
  • Reviewing SV Blake coverage for completeness.
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OPR-K380-KR-21 Port Freeport & Approaches, TX

Recap
  • Survey operations continued on the MV Atlantic Surveyor on all 4 sheets for items and holiday fills.
  • Data analysis concluded that the survey was complete for the data acquisition phase of TO-0002 OPR-K380-KR-21 Port Freeport & Approaches, TX. The MV Atlantic Surveyor was secured for transit, and the Leidos hydrographers departed the vessel 09OCT2021.
Looking Forward
  • Data processing will continue in the Leidos Data Processing Center in Newport, RI.
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OPR-R340-KR-21 Approaches to Egegik Bay, AK

Recap
  • JOA travelled to Egegik on 06OCT through 07OCT2021 and performed 6-hours of staff shots there and gauge maintenance. Staff shots show the bubbler and MWWL sensors to be stable.
Looking Forward
  • The tentative plan is to perform the 2nd staff shot trip for both Pilot Point and Egegik sometime in the window of 13OCT to 22OCT2021.
  • Tide station removals would then occur in the last week of October or first week of November. Timing for both trips is weather dependent as fall storms intensify.

S-R364-KR-21 Bering Sea Reconnaissance Survey

Recap
  • SD1030 and SD1034 made progress along route “3b” before the mission ended. 
  • SD1033 and SD1067 finished route “3a” and were on their way to assist with “3b” when the mission ended.
  • The positive trends in power generation last week did not continue and power levels rapidly began to deteriorate on the vehicles this week. Noting a steep downward trend in state of charge, and with no expectation of the conditions improving, Saildrone made the decision to route all vehicles for Dutch Harbor earlier than planned for the safety of the vehicles. SD1033 and SD1067 were the first to begin transit, at about 22:00 on 10/7. SD1030 and SD34 then began transit on 10/8 at about 19:00 (UTC). They had completed about 61 of the planned 65 days.
  • The vehicles were not in close proximity to any whaling buffer zones this week. 
  • Mission Days completed as of end of day 09OCT2021 (UTC): 61 (of 65 planned)
Looking Forward
  • Estimating about 7-10 days of transit to Dutch Harbor, the vehicles should be in Dutch Harbor or approaching Dutch Harbor by 16OCT. There they will be demob’d and packed for shipment back to California.
  • The vehicles are not expected to be in the vicinity of any whaling buffer zones this week.
  • Since the mission has ended, this is the final weekly report.