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For the Week of May 01, 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 Ferdinand R. Hassler goes underway and resumed 24-hr ship survey operations on OPR-J350-FH-22 Northern Gulf of Mexico.
- eTrac commenced mainscheme acquisition on OPR-R320-KR-22 Cape Newenham, AK.
NOAA Ships
Ferdinand R. Hassler
OPR-J350-FH-22 Northern Gulf of Mexico
Recap
- NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler goes underway on 02MAY2022, and arrived at survey working grounds to commence 24-hr ship survey operations on 03MAY2022.
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- Conducted mainscheme acquisition on sheets H13620, H13621, H13622, H13625, H13626, and H13627. Additionally, opened sheet H13628.
- NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler will transit to Pascagoula, MS on 12MAY2022 for the next port call to reinstall MVP and complete other maintenance work.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
OPR-W386-TJ-22 Approaches to Cleveland, OH
Recap
- NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson got underway from the Great Lakes shipyard on 02MAY2022, and started survey operations on OPR-W386-TJ-22 acquiring on sheets H13607, H13609, and H13616.
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Looking Forward
- NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson will continue acquiring on H13607, H13609, and H13616 prior to their inport in Cleveland on 13MAY2022.
FAIRWEATHER
Recap
- NOAA Ship Fairweather got underway from USCG Base Alameda on 05MAY2022 for three days of underway Operational Readiness Training.
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- NOAA Ship Fairweather will begin EM 712 trials off the coast of Northern California outside of the San Francisco Bay.
RAINIER
OPR-T381-RA-22 Mariana Islands
Recap
- NOAA Ship Rainier continued survey and dive operations on H13571 (Guam) and H13574 (Apra Harbor), before pulling in port on 05MAY2022.
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Looking Forward
- NOAA Ship Rainier will be back underway on 09MAY2022.
Contracted Vessels
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OPR-Y396-KR-22 Western Lake Michigan, WI
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Recap
- OPR-Y396-KR-22 kicked off with the R/V Benthos and staff arriving to Port Washington, WI early in the week. Installation and calibrations concluded on 07MAY2022.
- The field office was assembled and network connections to GDX were implemented. Preparations for management and data processing at GDX continued.
Looking Forward
- R/V Benthos will commence MBES survey in H13635.
OPR-R320-KR-22 Cape Newenham, AK
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Recap
- Crew arrived on R/V Norseman and resumed mobilization. R/V Norseman and the WAM-V transited to H13569. Main scheme acquisition began in H13569. On R/V Norseman partial days of survey occurred on 05MAY, 06MAY, and 07MAY due to sonar and positioning equipment cabling issues. On the WAV-V sea state conditions prohibited survey.
- R/V Thunder has been partially mobilized and is ready for barge transportation to Bethel, AK.
Looking Forward
- R/V Norseman and the WAM-V will continue main scheme acquisition in H13569.
- R/V Thunder will begin barge transportation to Bethel, AK.
- Office staff will begin processing and reporting.
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