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Greetings!
We have been very busy kicking off the 2025 field season. It promises to be an exciting next few months.
One of the highlights from the last couple of months is that we have a new class of commissioned NOAA Corps officers. We look forward to working with them as they begin their new assignments.
We also celebrated the launch of a new ship being built for NOAA, the Discoverer. More on that below.
In case you missed it, we celebrated the second annual NOAA Fleet Week in April. Browse through the content to learn more about the platforms and people behind NOAA’s science, service, and stewardship mission.
I look forward to sharing more news about our fleet and our upcoming field season with you in the future. As a reminder, anyone can subscribe to Shipshape by clicking here.
Take care of your shipmates!
Capt. Jesse Stark, NOAA Corps
Director of Marine Operations
NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations
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In April, fishing industry leaders joined NOAA Fisheries scientists and crew aboard the NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada for the final trials of an innovative new trawl net with advanced sensors. The new, adjustable Multi-Function Trawl allows a single ship to more safely gather more data in less time and at lower cost, allowing for better accuracy in population analysis and improved energy efficiency.
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Rear Adm. Amanda Goeller recently joined regional partners in Hollywood, South Carolina, to mark a milestone in the construction of a new floating pier being built for NOAA. The 360-foot by 62-foot floating pier, expected to be one of the largest in the county, will support NOAA ships Ronald H. Brown and Nancy Foster and enhance NOAA’s capacity to conduct critical research missions in the Atlantic.
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Two new oceanographic-class research ships, part of NOAA’s plan to modernize its research fleet, have reached a key construction milestone. This spring, Discoverer was launched in Houma, Louisiana, at Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors. Once completed, Discoverer will support a wide variety of NOAA missions, to include exploring the deep sea, monitoring oceanographic conditions and studying marine life.
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NOAA ships Hassler, Rainier, Fairweather and Thomas Jefferson (and occasionally others) collect bathymetric data that maps the seafloor and is used to create NOAA's nautical charts. It also is used for modeling, research and other ecosystem sciences. Read more about plans for the 2025 season.
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Meet the Crew
NOAA provides numerous educational and professional opportunities to engage with the public and train the future workforce including the Knauss Fellowship that places highly qualified graduate students in offices throughout the legislative and executive branches of the government to support marine policy decisions affecting ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources. Get to know the Knauss Fellows from the 2025 cohort in NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations.
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Heritage
Marine chronometers are precise, portable timekeeping instruments used to determine a ship's position at sea. This particular clock was used on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships in the 1940s.
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Featured Photo
 Recently, a team from NOAA came across some unexpected discoveries while exploring the resting site of the USS Yorktown in the Pacific. Using a remotely operated vehicle deployed from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, researchers found a mural and a car that was on board. Read more about the Beyond the Blue mission in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Photo Credit: NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2025 Beyond the Blue.
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