Weekly Hydro Ship Activity Report - November 6 through November 12, 2022

NOAA's National Ocean Service sent this bulletin at 11/15/2022 09:05 AM EST

For the Week of November 6, 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

  • DEA continued operations on OPR-K356-KR-22 Approaches to Calcasieu, LA!
  • NOAA Ship Fairweather resumed multibeam acquisition on OPR-M328-FA-22 EXPRESS offshore of Oregon!

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 processed data acquired on projects OPR-W386-TJ-22 and OPR-W387-TJ-22.
  • Dockside repair package commenced on 07NOV2022 and is ongoing until 23DEC2022. 
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.  

Fairweather

OPR-M328-FA-22 EXPRESS 

Recap:

  • NOAA Ship Fairweather left port in San Francisco on 09NOV2022 to resume multibeam acquisition on OPR-M328-FA-22 EXPRESS.
NOAA Ship Fairweather, Photo courtesy of NOAA

Looking Forward

  • Fairweather will arrive for a scheduled port call on 14NOV2022.

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

  • Fill and Investigations (H13649, H13650, H13677, H13678)
  • Completed H13650 and H13677 07NOV2022 (pending review)
  • H13678 Mainscheme
  • Project shut down for weather and project close out plan preparations.

Looking Forward

  • Project shut down for weather and project close out plan preparations.
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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. Weather impacted survey on 08NOV2022 and 11NOV2022.
  • The R/V Sea Innovator I continued survey operations on various sheets and finalized data collection. Weather impacted survey on 08NOV2022; the vessel remained at sea.
  • The R/V Sea Innovator I concluded survey operations and returned to port on 11NOV2022.

Looking Forward

  • Continue survey operations on the R/V Oyster Bay II.
  • R/V Sea Innovator I will depart from Baltimore, MD and transit to Fairhaven, MA for demobilization.