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For the Week of April 24, 2022
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 Thomas Jefferson completed transit to Cleveland, OH.
- Geodynamics and eTrac prepared for their respective field season mobilization.
NOAA Ships
Ferdinand R. Hassler
OPR-J350-FH-22 Northern Gulf of Mexico
Recap
- NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler continued acquisition on sheets H13620, H13621, H13622, H13625, H13626, and H13627 until 25APR2022 0535 UTC.
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- Transited to Pascagoula, MS for port call to reinstall MVP and complete other maintenance work on the ship.
- NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler will be underway on 02MAY2022, and arrive at survey working grounds on 03MAY2022 to commenced 24-hr ship survey operations.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
OPR-W386-TJ-22 Approaches to Cleveland, OH
Recap
- NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson completed their transit to Cleveland, OH where the crew had a well- deserved restful inport.
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Looking Forward
- NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson will be getting underway 02MAY2022 to begin surveying OPR-W386-TJ-22 and working on sheets H13616, H13607, and H13609.
FAIRWEATHER
Recap
- NOAA Ship Fairweather was alongside USCG Base Alameda finishing repairs to get underway and begin the season. AML Oceanographic and Vest Davit were aboard to install MVP-200 and to weight test the davits.
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- NOAA Ship Fairweather will be getting underway 06MAY2022 pending repairs, to begin Operational Readiness Training followed by EM-712 trials.
RAINIER
OPR-T381-RA-22 Mariana Islands
Recap
- NOAA Ship Rainier continued hydrographic and dive operations around Saipan, then headed south to Tinian Island and Aguijan Island.
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Looking Forward
- NOAA Ship Rainier will inport next on 05MAY2022.
Contracted Vessels
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OPR-Y396-KR-22 Western Lake Michigan, WI
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Recap
- Geodynamics prepared for project mobilization.
OPR-R320-KR-22 Cape Newenham, AK
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Recap
- R/V Norseman transited with the WAM-V stored on the deck from Homer, AK to Dillingham, AK.
- R/V Thunder has been partially mobilized and is ready for barge transportation to Bethel, AK.
Looking Forward
- Personnel will travel to Dillingham, AK.
- R/V Norseman and the WAM-V will continue to be mobilized, calibrated and tested. Once the vessels are ready, R/V Norseman will transit to the survey site to begin Set Line Spacing data acquisition.
- R/V Thunder will be put on a barge and transported to Bethel, AK.
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