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For the Week of March 12, 2023
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 completed acquisition and began acquiring data on OPR-E351-KR-22 Southwest Chesapeake Rivers
- NOAA Ships Fairweather, Thomas Jefferson, and Rainier completed Operational Readiness Training (ORT) and Hydrographic Systems Readiness Report (HSRR)
NOAA Ships
FERDINAND R. HASSLER
Recap
- NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler is alongside MOC-A in Norfolk, VA.
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- 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 transited to Galveston, TX and arrived at Pier 16, Galveston, TX on 14MAR2023. The ship completed HSRR for EM710 and SSS.
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Thomas Jefferson will depart Galveston, TX on 22MAR2023 and commence survey operations on OPR-K371-TJ-23.
Fairweather
Recap:
- NOAA Ship Fairweather completed ORT and HSRR, although weather conditions prohibited small boat operations.
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Fairweather will transit to the EXPRESS project area offshore of Oregon, where they will continue survey operations from 2022.
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Fairweather will transit into Newport for a scheduled port call on 22MAR2023.
RAINIER
Recap
- NOAA Ship Rainier completed RICHARD Mobilization/Dive ORT and began transiting from Honolulu, HI to Pago Pago, AS.
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Looking Forward
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Rainier will continue transiting to Pago Pago, AS.
Contracted Vessels
OPR-E351-KR-22 Southwest Chesapeake Rivers
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Recap
- Mobilization for this project began on 29JAN2023 and field operations began on 05FEB2023.
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R/V 505 mobilized on 12MAR2023, and reran MBES only lines in H13766 on 13MAR2023, as well as a MBES patch test.
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R/V 505 conducted a partial day of mainscheme MBES and SSS data acquisition in H13766 on 14MAR2023 due to weather, no survey on 15MAR2023 due to weather, mainscheme in both H13766 and H13767 on 16MAR2023, a partial day of mainscheme in H13766 on 17MAR2023 due to mechanical issues with its SSS cable, and mainscheme in H13766 on 18MAR2023.
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R/V Endeavor conducted mainscheme MBES and SSS data acquistion in H13766 on
12MAR2023, no surveys on 13MAR2023 and 14MAR2023 due to mechanical issues, no survey on 15MAR2023 due to weather, and mainscheme in H13767 on 16MAR2023-18MAR2023
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R/V Pulse, R/V Spectrum, and R/V Voxel conducted mainscheme MBES and SSS data acquisition in H13766 on 12MAR2023. R/V Pulse and R/V Spectrum conducted MBES only in H13767 for NALL exploration and verification on 13MAR2023, and R/V Voxel conducted mainscheme MBES and SSS data acquisition in H13766.
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R/V Pulse, R/V Spectrum, and R/V Voxel conducted a partial day of mainscheme in
H13766 on 14MAR2023 due to weather, no survey on 15MAR2023 due to weather, mainscheme in H13767 on 16MAR2023, and mainscheme in H13766 on 17MAR2023 and 18MAR2023
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R/V Taku was offsite for mechanical repairs to its lower units on 12MAR2023-14MAR2023, had no survey on 15MAR2023 due to weather, mainscheme MBES and SSS data acquition in H13767 on 16MAR2023, and mainscheme in H13766 on 17MAR2023 and 18MAR2023
Looking Forward
- All vessels anticipate to conduct mainscheme MBES and SSS data acquisition in H13766 and H13767, dependent on weather.
- Office staff will continue processing and reporting. Office staff will also create the holiday and investigation plan for H13765.
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OPR-E347-KR-22 Central Chesapeake Bay, MD |
Recap
- Survey operations on the R/V Oyster Bay II continued, with weather delayed operations on 14MAR20203 and 15MAR2023.
Looking Forward
- Survey operations on the R/V Oyster Bay II to concluded acquisition will continue weather permitting.
- Data Processing ongoing in the Newport, RI Data Center and Field Office.
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