Weekly Hydro Ship Activity Report - October 16 through October 22, 2022

NOAA's National Ocean Service sent this bulletin at 10/25/2022 10:12 AM EDT

For the Week of October 16, 2022

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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

  • David Evans and Associates continued survey operations in Calcasieu, LA! 
  • The NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler has concluded their field season and is alongside in New Castle, NH!

NOAA Ships

FERDINAND R. HASSLER

Recap
  • NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler has concluded their field season and is alongside in New Castle, NH.
NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler, Photo courtesy of NOAA

Looking Forward

  • Scheduled repair period commences 17OCT2022 to 30NOV2022.
  • Continue processing the remainder 2022 surveys.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Recap
  • The NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson completed its transit to Norfolk, VA and arrived at MOC-A on 21OCT2022; the ship began prepping for dockside repairs.
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson, Photo courtesy of NOAA

Looking Forward

  • Thomas Jefferson will continue processing data acquired on projects OPR-W386-TJ-22 and OPR-W387-TJ-22, while working alongside MOC-A for dockside repairs. 

Fairweather

Recap:

  • NOAA Ship Fairweather completed operations in West Prince of Wales, Alaska and is alongside in Newport, OR. 
NOAA Ship Fairweather, Photo courtesy of NOAA

Looking Forward

  • NOAA Ship Fairweather will undergo dockside repairs.

RAINIER 

Recap
  • NOAA Ship Rainier has concluded their field season and is alongside in San Francisco.
NOAA Ship Rainier, Photo courtesy of NOAA

Looking Forward

  • 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

Recap

  • H13678 MS
  • H13677 fill and investigations
  • H13650 fill and investigations
  • 0.5 days mechanical down time
  • 3 days weather delay
  • Returned to port for weather

Looking Forward

  • Stand down for weather and project close out plan preparations
  • Currently planning to resume operations 03NOV2022
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 OPR-E347-KR-22 Central Chesapeake Bay, MD

Recap

  •  The 30’ vessel R/V Oyster Bay II continued survey operations all week.
  • The R/V Sea Innovator I continued survey operations on Sheet 1 (H13511), Sheet 2 (H13512), Sheet 7 (H13517) and Sheet 9 (H13685). The vessel made a routine port  call spanning part of 17OCT2022 and 18OCT2022.

Looking Forward

  • Continue survey operations on the R/V Oyster Bay II.

  • Continue survey operations on the R/V Sea Innovator I and continuing onboard QC of main scheme data coverage and quality to date.