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For the Week of September 18, 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
- eTrac mobilized a Vessel of Opportunity to conduct survey operations in H13563!
- NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson and autonomous survey vehicle, DriX, acquired multibeam simultaneously on H13682/H13687, while 2903 acquired multibeam on H13614!
NOAA Ships
FERDINAND R. HASSLER
OPR-F364-FH-22 Onslow Bay, NC
Recap
- NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler launch 2702 acquired holiday lines and additional mainscheme in F00866
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Ferdinand R. Hassler launch 2702 may acquire data in H13598, which is the most shallow in the next project.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
OPR-W386-TJ-22 Approaches to Cleveland, OH
Recap
- The NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson conducted survey operations on OPR-W386-TJ-22 acquiring on sheets H13682, H13687, and H13614.
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- The ship and autonomous survey vehicle, DriX, acquired multibeam simultaneously on H13682/H13687, while 2903 acquired multibeam on H13614.
Looking Forward
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Thomas Jefferson, DriX, and 2903 will continue conducting survey operations on OPR-W386-TJ-22 prior to arriving at the Port of Cleveland on 28SEPT2022.
Fairweather
OPR-O190-FA-22 West Prince of Wales, Alaska
Recap:
- NOAA Ship Fairweather conducted hydrographic operations in West Prince of Wales and then transited to Juneau for crew rest.
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Fairweather will continue operations in West Prince of Wales.
RAINIER
Recap
- NOAA Ship Rainier has concluded their field season and is transiting to San Francisco.
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Looking Forward
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Rainier will be de-staging and getting the ship ready for the winter repair period in San Francisco.
Contracted Vessels
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OPR-K356-KR-22 Approaches to Calcasieu, LA
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Recap
- Completed H13649 MS 22SEPT2022
- H13649 Fill and Investigations
- Scheduled port call 20SEPT2022
- H13648 Fill and Investigations
- Opened H13650 MS 23SEPT2022
Looking Forward
- Continue H13650 MS
- H13649 Fill and Investigations
- Scheduled port call 01OCT2022
- Anticipate weather delay time resulting from Hurricane Ian
OPR-R320-KR-22 Cape Newenham, AK
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Recap
- R/V Norseman II, R/V Thunder, and WAM-V 22 have been demobilized.
- Crew traveled to Goodnews Bay Alaska on 21SEPT2022 and mobilized a Vessel of Opportunity on 22SEPT2022.
- Main scheme acquisition continued in H13563. On the Vessel of Opportunity, partial days of survey occurred on 23SEPT2022, 24SEPT2022 due to weather and sea state conditions.
- JOA staff continued to remotely monitor the tide stations. Office staff
continued processing and reporting.
Looking Forward
- JOA staff will monitor tide stations remotely and prepare for the gauge removal trip at the end of September.
- eTrac staff will prepare for the VOOP operation trip to Goodnews Bay to collect missing data later this month.
- Office staff will continue processing and reporting.
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OPR-E347-KR-22 Central Chesapeake Bay, MD |
Recap
- The 30’ vessel R/V Oyster Bay II continued survey operations. Sheet decisions were based on weather conditions. Weather delays were incurred on 22SEPT2022 and 23SEPT2022 as a result of the edge effects of Hurricane Fiona.
- The 135’ vessel R/V Sea Innovator I arrived in Baltimore, MD on 19SEPT2022.
- Hydrographic Survey crew travelled to Baltimore Monday 19SEPT2022.
- Mobilization of the R/V Sea Innovator I commenced.
Looking Forward
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Continue survey operations on the R/V Oyster Bay II.
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Complete mobilization of the R/V Sea Innovator I.
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At sea testing and calibration of the R/V Sea Innovator I survey systems and commence survey acquisition in the Chesapeake Bay, MD.
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