Weekly Hydro Ship Activity Report - February 26 through March 4, 2023

For the Week of February 26, 2023

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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

  • NOAA Ship Rainier arrived in Honolulu, HI and began RICHARD Mobilization/Dive ORT

NOAA Ships

FERDINAND R. HASSLER

Recap
  • NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler is alongside MOC-A in Norfolk, VA.
NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler, Photo courtesy of NOAA

Looking Forward

  • The ship is navigating through a few outstanding items associated with their winter repair package and looking forward to resuming operations in the Spring.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Recap
  • NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson processed data acquired on project OPR-W386-TJ-22.
NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson, Photo courtesy of NOAA

Looking Forward

  • Thomas Jefferson will be submitting the final OPR-W386-TJ-22 surveys, H13682 and H13687.
  • The ship will depart Norfolk, VA for ORT, HSRR, and Galveston, TX on 05MAR2023.

Fairweather

Recap:

  • NOAA Ship Fairweather is alongside MOC-P for dockside repairs.
NOAA Ship Fairweather, Photo courtesy of NOAA

Looking Forward

  • Fairweather will continue processing data acquired on project OPR-M328-FA-22 EXPRESS.

RAINIER 

Recap
  • NOAA Ship Rainier arrived in Honolulu, HI and began RICHARD Mobilization/Dive ORT.
NOAA Ship Rainier, Photo courtesy of NOAA

Looking Forward

  • Rainier will continue RICHARD Mobilization/Dive ORT before getting underway.

Contracted Vessels

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 OPR-E347-KR-22 Central Chesapeake Bay, MD

Recap

  • Survey operations on the R/V Oyster Bay II remained shut down to process data to verify final coverage and identify any holidays requiring fill.

Looking Forward

  • Survey operations on the R/V Oyster Bay II will resume on 05MAR2023.
  • Data Processing ongoing in the Newport, RI Data Center and Field Office.