The NOAA Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN is seen on an azure sea from the heights of Cocos Island.

The ship's barber shop is open on the NOAA Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN.

Offshore rock as seen from the bow of the NOAA Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN.

CTD equipment is being pulled up manually off the Mexican ship BIP during a coastal oceanographic cruise off the waters of Xcalak between NOAA and ECOSUR.

Crew on watch at sunrise during MOCNESS sampling off the NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER .

Launching the small boat AR1 from McArthur II for large whale photo id

Small boat AR1 from the NOAA ship McArthur II. Leaving to track whales spotted close to the ship during the SPLASH cruise in Alaskan waters.

NOAA boats pulling pair-trawl used to detect PIT-tagged salmonids in the Columbia River Estuary.

NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE at anchor off a volcanic island.

NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE at anchor off a volcanic island.

NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE at anchor off a volcanic island.

Oceanographers tow a CREWS buoy through a channel for deployment inside of an atoll lagoon.

Launching the rescue boat during the 2005 NWFSC Acoustic Hake Survey

Oceanographer Steve Pierce and Survey Tech Lillian conducting CTD cast off the Miller Freeman 2005 NWFSC Acoustic Hake Survey.

Kris Mackie checking fastenings on the back deck of the Miller Freeman during the 2005 NWFSC Acoustic Hake Survey.

Officers on the Miller Freeman piloting the ship leaving port during the 2005 NWFSC Acoustic Hake Survey.

NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN officers and crew posing on the bow of the ship.

NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN maneuvering to dock at Portsmouth.

Bridge of NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN.

Preparing to deploy Bongo Nets on the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN.

Returning to the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in the inflatable boa

BGL Jim Donovan (L) and TAO Mooring specialist Brian Powers (R) repair a TAO mooring while NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA stands by.

Buoy technician Dane Jaynes (L) and scientific observer Alex Ysam (R) repair a TAO mooring while KA'IMIMOANA OCO CDR Mark Pickett (L) and CO CDR Chris Beaverson (R) dive to repair subsurface instrumentation on the mooring.

TAO mooring specialists assist KA'IMIMOANA personnel deploy a TAO mechanical current meter mooring.

NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA Chief Bosun Roger Stone reaches for the crane hook so that the recovered TAO buoy can be moved off the fantail.

NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA Chief Bosun Roger Stone recovers a TAO mooring.

President Lyndon Baines Johnson speaking at the commissioning ceremony of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship OCEANOGRAPHER. Lady Bird Johnson is second from left in the front row.

Recovering TAO buoy

Recovering TAO buoy

Recovering TAO buoy

Gooseneck barnacles attached to buoy after year in ocean

Gooseneck barnacles attached to buoy after year in ocean

Gooseneck barnacles attached to buoy after year in ocean

Gooseneck barnacles attached to buoy after year in ocean

Deploying TAO buoy.

Deploying TAO buoy.

Deploying TAO buoy.

Deploying TAO buoy.

Deploying TAO buoy.

Preparing to deploy a CTD instrument package and water bottle array.

Buoy riders servicing TAO buoy

Buoy riders servicing TAO buoy

Buoy riders servicing TAO buoy

ASIS buoy deployment. Air-Sea Interaction Spar buoy.

ASIS buoy deployment. Air-Sea Interaction Spar buoy.

ASIS buoy deployment. Air-Sea Interaction Spar buoy.

ASIS buoy deployment. Air-Sea Interaction Spar buoy.

ASIS buoy recovery. Air-Sea Interaction Spar buoy.

ASIS buoy recovery. Air-Sea Interaction Spar buoy.

Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in foreground. NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in background.